WSJ.COM – More Middle-Income Americans Are Trying to Make a New Life Overseas

Posted on November 12, 2025 by Tanzeel Akhtar — Leave a comment

My latest piece for The Wall Street Journal explores how remote workers, families and professionals are pursuing affordable, flexible residency programs around the world — reshaping what it means to “live the American dream.” –

Amid rising costs and increased workplace flexibility, more middle-income Americans are exploring living options that were once seen as the exclusive domain of the ultra-wealthy: residency abroad.

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Tanzeel Akhtar trained as a foreign correspondent at the University of Helsinki, Finland and newspaper journalist at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. NCTJ Qualified - Media Law, Public Administration and Shorthand 100wpm.

Contributed to The Wall Street Journal, BBC, Bloomberg, Investing.com, Benzinga, The Street, Kitco News, Financial Times' This is Africa, African Business Magazine, CNBC, Hedge Week, Campden Family Office, Citywire, Modern Investor, Spear's Wealth Management Magazine, The Local, Euromoney, Yahoo! Finance, Global Investor, ETF.com, CIO UK, Forbes, Funds Global Asia and Portfolio Institutional.

She has held full-time positions at Bloomberg, CoinDesk, Interactive Investor, Fund Strategy, Money Marketing, Money Observer, Mining Journal, Marketing Week, Futures and Options Intelligence and Waters Technology. Interned at The Independent, South Wales Argus and Lancashire Evening Post.

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