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Opinion
How I’m quietly navigating America’s soaring grocery prices without crying at the $400 melons
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Quality of Life
Monocle’s Quality of Life survey 2023: The world’s most liveable cities
This year’s survey of the best places to enjoy all that life offers finds a world grappling with new urban challenges.
Business
Greater expectations
It might be Ljubljana’s little sister but the evolving Slovenian city of Maribor is drawing entrepreneurs and expats with big ambitions.
Business
Lively hubs
Greece's second city defies its underdog status: a million-strong "village" where creative businesses thrive, rents stay low and even Monday nights pulse with unmistakable, unhurried Mediterranean life.
Affairs
Africa/Middle East
Walid Ataya left Lebanon for a lucrative job in Dubai but returned a year later. After housing and school fees, the lawyer had less disposable income than he had in Beirut.
