by Cori | Jul 12, 2022 | Media Coverage, Moving to Canada, New York City
I was delighted to get a comment recently on my story about Jessi Highet and Mike Varley, who walked 26 miles a day for a year through the streets of NYC, sampling scallion cream cheese bagels. It was from a reader who had her own themed walking adventure to relate:...
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 Cori | Sep 30, 2020 | Media Coverage, Nomad Life
The coronavirus pandemic has shaped many different aspects of our lives throughout the year so far, including how and where we live. When states began issuing shelter-in-place orders in March and restrictions were placed on various types of travel, a lot of us...
by Cori | Dec 23, 2019 | Adulting, Media Coverage
Financial independence and early retirement – known as the FIRE movement – requires devotees to relentlessly save, tirelessly work, and aggressively invest to free themselves of a full-time job by their 30s, 40s, or 50s. Despite their best-laid plans, what happens...
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 Cori | May 21, 2019 | Adulting, Media Coverage, Nomad Life
I spoke with Kathryn Hunter, host of Compass Pod. Her podcast is all about women who have built location independent careers. We chatted about using your multidisciplinary background, scaling back when ambition is exhausting, and the power in simple ideas. You can...
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 Cori | Sep 17, 2018 | Adulting, Media Coverage
Buying a home empowers you to take control of your life, increases your self-worth, and best of all, gives you options to diversify your financial life. While it might feel overwhelming or out of reach, these women show that against certain odds or challenges, home...
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 Cori | Jun 27, 2018 | Media Coverage
Anthony Bourdain and Parts Unknown isn’t the only Sunday night show on CNN that features a Canada-centric episode. W. Kamau Bell and his United Shades of America show took a look at Canada on Sunday night. For those unfamiliar with the show, Bell travels to...
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 | 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 Cori | Sep 8, 2017 | Media Coverage, Nomad Life
From Jessie on a Journey: [Welcome to] “Blogging Secrets Revealed,” where I’ve been sharing insider knowledge to help those of you wanting to start your own travel (or non-travel) blogs and turn them into income-generating businesses. So far, we’ve gone in-depth on:...
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 Cori | Mar 28, 2017 | Europe, History, Links
A friend of mine in Brussels casually mentioned how she’d wanted to take a sabbatical, but the new government had changed the program. She’d hoped to take some time off to work on personal projects, but she worried about what would happen to people who relied on a...
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 Cori | Oct 22, 2016 | Links, Moving to Canada, Toronto
It was pretty disheartening to see the reactions of Torontonians to my article on why New Yorkers should consider Toronto as a serious alternative. Here’s what I’m hearing from Torontonians: Not all Canadians are nice Toronto is boring Vancouver has a better, cheaper...
by Cori | Oct 20, 2016 | Links, Moving to Canada, New York City, Toronto
People around the world dream of living in New York. Here’s why I left. I had a great apartment in an up-and-coming Brooklyn neighborhood, a job doing work I loved, and an amazing bunch of friends. But life in New York is like being in an abusive relationship — things...
