These people moved to their dream destinations during the pandemic — here's what life is like 1 year later.
Others took a different path. They packed their bags and moved to places that many only dream of visiting.From Boston to Napa Valley, CaliforniaBefore the pandemic, I was employed as a beverage manager in Boston. The restaurant where I worked closed in March of 2020, and I was subsequently laid off. As I reflected on my career, I realized I no longer wanted to work in restaurants. The hours and lifestyle had taken a toll.
Most importantly, I felt like the cost of living did not correspond to the quality of life. I was drowning in debt because everything I enjoyed doing was expensive — Knicks games, fine dining, concerts. The pandemic exposed New York City as this really expensive, densely populated area with no natural beauty and limited options for simple pleasures.Marketing director, Moro
I still enjoy going to nice restaurants and have replaced Knicks game with going to the stadium to watch my favorite soccer team, Panathinaikos, on the weekends. I go away to beautiful Mediterranean islands on the weekends that are only a 30-minute flight or two- to three-hour ferry ride away. We were in the process of applying for U.S. visas with plans to move to California when the pandemic hit. We decided we wouldn't let it stop our ambitions to leave the U.K. and instead viewed it as the perfect opportunity to travel to a country we had long admired — Costa Rica.
Moving has been one of the best decisions we've ever made. We've given our daughter, and ourselves, a freedom that we would not have experienced if we'd remained in the U.K.We were living in Las Vegas when the pandemic started. I've worked remotely for many years, but my wife, Jenn, was a registered nurse. When schools shut down and there was no childcare for our then five-year-old son and five-month-old daughter, she was forced to leave her position.
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