Single women own and occupy more homes than single men in the United States, despite earning only about 83 cents for every dollar that men earn, according to a new study. The report, by the online lending marketplace LendingTree, analyzed data from the U.S. Census Bureau 2021 American Community Survey with one-year estimates. It found … Read more
Bridgeport was once unavoidable. In the middle of the last century, the waterfront Fairfield County city 60 miles from Manhattan churned out so many kinds of products, it seemed to be almost single-handedly shaping the habits of modern life. Rolling off the assembly lines there: lipstick cases, flashlights, typewriters, fans, underwear, sewing machines, cars, scissors, … Read more
It was the allure of peanut seed that drew a big-dreaming beginning gardener to the Southern Exposure Seed Exchange catalog decades ago. I was madly imagining a zone-defying adventure with the tropical legume in my decidedly Northern plot. What I found at Southern Exposure amounted to a lot more than mere peanuts, and way beyond … Read more
Phoenix | $1,899,999 A 1933 Spanish-style house with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a guest studio with one bathroom and a kitchenette, on a 0.2-acre lot This house is in a part of the city with several historic districts, where many homes retain their original exterior and interior features. Encanto Park, with its playgrounds, public … Read more
If you were a child again, what kind of playroom would you rather have: a basement filled with castoff furniture (because no one cares if you jump on that worn-out sofa), or a colorful room that celebrates toys and art, inviting you to climb up the walls? It’s not hard to guess which one many … Read more
For the past decade, Yaakov Bloom, 30, has never rented the same apartment for more than a year or two. Rather, he was constantly moving, almost running, from one living situation to another. Mr. Bloom, a manager at Irving Oak, a construction and management company in Brooklyn, where he helps coordinate the construction on both … Read more
In the early 1970s, when the house was built, it must have seemed like something from another planet. With its rounded, porthole-style windows and doors and its bubble skylights, it would have looked less like a home than a spaceship that had landed in the woods of northwestern Rhode Island, in a small town called … Read more
Q: An apartment tower near me has some sort of loose machinery, perhaps in a rooftop elevator shaft, that makes a clanking noise all day long. It’s loud enough to wake me up at night. I’ve left messages with the building’s management, but they’ve gone unanswered. What are the building’s responsibilities in terms of neighbors’ … Read more