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As U.S. Declines, Get Out of Dodge

 

Ever dream about cashing in your chips, packing up your life and moving away to a remote country in a nether hemisphere? With the U.S. economy sinking and the housing and investment markets going from bad to worse, maybe it's time to get out of Dodge.

Like an extra chromosome in all of us, the desire to escape often festers inside only to surface on days when the market is down 500-or-so points, or when packing up a corner office in banana boxes as a security guard stands nearby or receiving unexpected divorce papers. Rather than watch a life in decrescendo, we look abroad to find the cheapest and chicest places to pack up your life and start from scratch.

Buzios, Brazil
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