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I moved to Los Angeles to live on a boat. The past 2 years haven't been all smooth sailing, but life on the water is worth it.

I'd been living in downtown Chicago for two years when I got a dreaded rent hike notice. I figured I had two options: pay an extra couple hundred dollars a month to stay, or move to a more affordable ...
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We spent $40,000 while living on a boat for a year and traveling. It was cheaper than living on land, but there were some trade-offs.

This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Elliot Schoenfeld and Jennifer Johnson, both 33, who lived on a boat for a year while traveling the Great American Loop. The two are now living in ...