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You really can move to a new place

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on June 16, 2016 | Featured

I’ve written about how you can and should love where you live. I sometimes get some push-back on this that feels like excuses. People spend a lot of time defending their own unhappy inertia, that circumstances simply prevent them from … Read More … Read More

Tags: excuses, moving

How to know if it’s time to move away

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on June 13, 2016 | Featured

On a recent flight home, I fell into conversation with a friendly woman from my birth city of Philadelphia. She was on her way to a small town in the Pacific Northwest for a job interview and was as excited … Read More … Read More

Tags: moving

One surefire way to pare down your possessions

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on November 5, 2015 | Featured

There’s a lot of talk these days about minimalism. Apparently, we’ve all gotten so good at acquiring stuff that there now is a trend toward pairing down. It used to be that whoever had the largest house, the biggest amount … Read More … Read More

Tags: minimalism, moving, possessions

On being kicked out of my apartment, or Nothing is unexpected

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on September 21, 2015 | Featured

Have you ever rented a place, and been very comfortable there, only to receive a voicemail message from your landlord that started like this: “I don’t know how to say this to you, but I just wanted to say … Read More … Read More

Tags: apartments, home, moving, owning, renting

What do people really mean by location independence?

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on December 15, 2014 | Featured

A few years ago, I performed a feat of employee jiu jitsu: I was able to convince my boss to let me start working from across the country. Like many people, I first heard about the idea of “location … Read More … Read More

Tags: employment, independence, jobs, location independence, moving, work

Can you help make places more people-friendly?

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on September 25, 2014 | Featured

(200th post! Thanks everyone for your support.) I talked before about the pain of being in a place that isn’t designed for you. It might have seemed a bit heavier than the usual fare here, but then again, if we … Read More … Read More

Tags: advocacy, cities, moving, streets, towns, walking

Why renting is better than owning

Posted by Mike Pumphrey on December 20, 2012 | Featured

I was taught that everyone should eventually own a home. Actually, like so many of these cultural imperatives, I didn’t so much learn this as much it was absorbed into my head through some kind of osmosis. Owning is … Read More … Read More

Tags: apartments, houses, moving, New York City, owning, Portland, renting

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