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10 Things Travel

The 10 Most Expensive States to Live In

As you grow older and think about the different places you could possibly move to, a few options regularly come up –  Florida?  Arizona? Tennessee?

The primary focus tends to be on taxes, and how big of a hit your retirement nest egg could take every year if you choose the wrong state to retire in.

But is that the only criteria you should use when choosing a place to live?  Probably not.

Modern Budget Forecasting in the American States: Precision, Uncertainty, and Politics
Modern Budget Forecasting in the American States:
Precision, Uncertainty, and Politics

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10 Things Games Video Games

You’ll never guess which video game was named the Best Video Game of All Time!

When one thinks of VIDEO GAMES, you don’t really think that POPULAR MECHANICS would be considered an authority on the subject.

You’d be wrong.

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These are the worst quality car brands

Everybody loves their cars, right?

It’s the first major purchase you dream about as a kid growing up. Next to the place you live, it’s something that defines you to others – how clean it is on the outside, how much trash it has on the inside, whether you maintain the dings, how well (or poorly) you drive.

As you are, as is your car.

POWER: How J.D. Power III Became the Auto Industry's Adviser, Confessor, and Eyewitness to History
POWER: How J.D. Power III Became the Auto Industry’s Adviser
, Confessor, and Eyewitness to History

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10 Things Music

The Worst Songs Ever Written

We love listening to our favorite, personal playlists.  We all have songs on there that we love to sing along to, that we love playing at full volume in our cars, at parties.

They’re not necessarily GOOD songs, but they are songs that we love… and love to mock.

Not Since Carrie: Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops

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10 Things

Top Industries with Increasing Salaries

Asking your boss for a raise can be unnerving.

Do you deserve it? Do you think you have everything you need to show why you have earned being paid more money?  How valuable are you contributions? How valuable are you as an individual to the organization?

How to Ask for a Raise: Learn How to Ask for a Pay Rise and Do Salary Negotiation the Right Way. Asking for a Raise Has Never Been So Easy!
How to Ask for a Raise:
Learn How to Ask for a Pay Rise and
Do Salary Negotiation the Right Way.
Asking for a Raise Has Never Been So Easy!

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Top 10 Most Depressing Careers

We’ve always believed that if you aren’t having fun at work, you either need to find a new place to work or a new position at that company.  We spend too much time at the job with These People, that if you’re not enjoying the experience you need to move on.

If not, you’ll just keep hating that job, those people, your bosses, the clients, etc. You’ll be in a death spiral of misery until you figure out a way to get out of that rut.

I Hate Myself and Want to Die: The 52 Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard
I Hate Myself and Want to Die:
The 52 Most Depressing Songs You’ve Ever Heard

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10 Things Music

When the guy in the band needs to STFU

Listening to a band is awesome.

Listening to a band not play music and prattle on about how they were “inspired” to come up with a certain song?  It may work for Jimmy Buffett – but we’re here to listen to the music, not to you talk.

I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie
I’m with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie

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Eight signs your spouse is likely to cheat on you

Cheating on one’s spouse or partner in a relationship happens for many reasons.

Sometimes there is unhappiness; sometimes it’s desire. Every situation is different.