by News Report | Feb 25, 2026 | Living Abroad
I moved to Toronto and Lisbon thinking the world was a board game I could win by simply learning the rules. I wanted flexibility, adventure, and a ‘fresh start’—but I didn’t account for the soul-crushing friction of being a perpetual applicant. From Kafkaesque tax audits in Canada to the chaotic residency systems in Portugal, this is why the ‘optimized’ expat life is often a trap of high-level anxiety, and why the easiest move you can make is the one where you stay put.
by News Report | Sep 20, 2025 | Canada, Canadian History, Moving to Canada, New York State
School kids in the US all learn about the underground railroad. The other day, I came across a reference to people fleeing to Canada on the underground railroad and wondered what I really knew about it. Plenty of the things I learned about history (and science!) were...
by News Report | Sep 9, 2021 | Media Coverage
Many Canadians consider moving to the U.S. in retirement, in particular to hotter states like Florida, Arizona and California. However, some Americas are also looking to move up here in their old age. This article looks at what Americans looking to move to our country...
by News Report | Jul 31, 2019 | Media Coverage, Moving to Canada
By Rachel Hartman IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN heading north for retirement, it’s important to think through the implications the decision can bring. “Many Americans assume that moving to Canada is easy and that there’s a special pathway for Americans, since our two...
by News Report | Apr 22, 2019 | Adulting, Media Coverage, Nomad Life
When you think about life-changing money, a million-dollar lottery win or huge inheritance come to mind. But it turns out that, at least for millennials, a smaller amount would really make a difference. According to data collected by SelfLender and OnePoll, most...
by News Report | Apr 2, 2019 | Media Coverage, Moving to Canada
Whether or not it was intended, the red MAGA baseball cap beloved of Donald Trump’s supporters has become a symbol of a certain right-wing ideology since it first appeared in 2016. Now Canadian clothing brand Peace Collective has found a way to subvert that and...
by News Report | Dec 5, 2018 | Adulting, Moving to Canada, Nomad Life
I chat with Ryan Helms from Grit and Hustle about writing my first two books and how timing is the best marketing. Listen to the podcast on Hustle to Freedom.
by News Report | Aug 1, 2018 | Adulting, Media Coverage
By AnnaMarie Houlis A report on telecommuting in the United States from FlexJobs and Global Workplace Analytics, 2017 State of Telecommuting in the U.S. Employee Workforce, found that 3.9 million U.S. employees who make up 2.9 percent of the total U.S. workforce work...
by News Report | Jul 20, 2018 | Adulting, Media Coverage
Inspired by a reader’s friction with her family regarding financial and lifestyle decisions, today we’ll jump down a rabbit hole with this multi-faceted case study illustrating how various upbringings and ranges of financial experience have played out in people’s...
by News Report | Jun 25, 2018 | Canada, Media Coverage, Moving to Canada
W. Kamau Bell visits Canada in United Shades of America. Is Canada really a utopia? What’s the story with healthcare? What about the experience of visible minorities? I help Kamau figure out if moving to Canada is even an option. You can take the quiz yourself....
by News Report | Jun 24, 2018 | Nomad Life
by Nathan Fried So you are going to take a gap year, here are some tips from travel experts on how to make your travels the trip of a lifetime. Read more on Fupping.
by News Report | May 14, 2018 | Media Coverage
by Brian Davis Budgeting, like dieting, has very simple fundamentals. Dollars (or calories) in, minus dollars (or calories) out. And yet. I believe that budgeting is not a math problem, but rather a behavior problem (also like dieting). No one is in debt because they...
by News Report | Nov 7, 2017 | Media Coverage, Moving to Canada
By Kate Bratskeir But politics did lead some Americans to rethink their allegiance and commit to a different life. Cori Carl, the 33-year-old managing director of The Caregiver Space, moved to Toronto in the months leading up to Trump’s election. “I was definitely...
by News Report | Jul 1, 2017 | Canadian History, Expat Life, Media Coverage, Moving to Canada
By Molly Worthen The last Presidential election drove many liberals to muse about packing up and fleeing to Canada. Not many actually did so, but Cori Carl had already made good on the fantasy. She and her wife were committed New Yorkers but felt increasingly...
by News Report | Jun 15, 2017 | Media Coverage, Moving to Canada
By Jackie Lam Cori Carl, a 32-year-old managing director of a nonprofit, and her wife Casey Daly, a business analyst, moved from Brooklyn to Toronto last spring via the Express Entry program. “The immigration process itself is a lot like a tedious online job...
by News Report | May 31, 2017 | Moving to Canada
An American couple takes their biggest struggle of recent years and writes an eBook to help other expatriates forge a new life abroad. There’s the old cliche among authors that comes from Carol Shields. It says, “Write the book you want to read; the one you cannot...
by News Report | Jan 24, 2017 | Media Coverage, Moving to Canada
By Elizabeth Garone For Cori Carl and her wife, Casey Daly, it wasn’t a matter of waiting to see who won the election. We decided we wanted to relocate to Canada “[Even] before Trump was a serious candidate, my wife and I could feel the political backlash brewing...
by News Report | Jan 22, 2017 | Media Coverage, Moving to Canada
By Sheila Anne Feeney Cori Carl, 32, sold her Ditmas Park co-op last year and moved with her wife, Casey Daly, to Toronto, blogging about their experience all the while. Since the election, “We’ve gotten at least 100 emails, texts and phone calls” from other Americans...
by News Report | Nov 8, 2016 | Media Coverage, Moving to Canada
By Holden Lewis Generally speaking, Canadian banks require foreign homebuyers to make down payments of at least 35 percent, says Cori Carl, who bought a home in Toronto 2 years ago while she was living in Brooklyn. She emigrated to Canada this year. “But they make up...
by News Report | Oct 28, 2016 | Expat Life, Media Coverage, Moving to Canada, Toronto
by Sam Corbin Last week, a Huffington Post contributor by the name of Cori Carl penned an article telling New Yorkers to abdicate the city that never sleeps for a city that actually sleeps just fine: Toronto. To Carl’s surprise, I imagine, the post drew guffaws not...
by News Report | May 2, 2015 | Media Coverage, Nomad Life
A Toronto condo owner came home to a stranger in her kitchen and another person’s clothes in her bedroom last Saturday afternoon, only to learn her roommates had listed her room on Airbnb without her consent. “At first I thought my roommates must be home and had a...
by News Report | May 1, 2015 | Media Coverage, Nomad Life
By Mark Carcasole Watch the video on Global News For the record, no one from AirBnB ever apologized or did anything to rectify the situation. My roommates removed the listing on their own.
by News Report | May 1, 2015 | Media Coverage, Nomad Life
By Mark Carcasole Cori Carl is from New York, splitting her time between Brooklyn and Toronto as she prepares to take a job in the GTA in the near future. She owns a two-bedroom condo downtown, sharing one bedroom with her wife, and renting the other to another...
by News Report | Nov 2, 2009 | Brooklyn, Media Coverage
By Erin Durkin She’s New York City’s official leaf peeper, and she’s right here in Brooklyn. Cori Carl, 25, of Crown Heights, is part of an army of 60 volunteers around the state who monitor the colorful autumn foliage for the “I Love New...
