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You could save $71,000 a year living in a New York suburb instead of the city — here are 9 other places where suburbia could save you thousands

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Millennials may be buying homes and starting families later, but they're still heading to the suburbs, where housing and childcare are cheaper and space is easier to come by.

A new report from Care.com and Zillow lists 10 popular places in the US where young families could save the most money living outside an urban center.

To determine how cost of living compares in the country's 30 largest metros, Care.com and Zillow gathered data on three common living expenses — mortgage payments, property taxes, and childcare costs — for a two-child family living in a median-priced home. Read their full methodology here.

Below, check out the 10 places where a family can save the most living in a suburb.

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10. Boston

How much you could save a year: $8,076

Annual cost of childcare: $27,078

Annual cost of housing: $24,483

Median home square footage: 1,666



9. Sacramento, California

How much you could save a year: $10,822

Annual cost of childcare: $18,873

Annual cost of housing: $19,555

Median home square footage: 1,683



8. Seattle

How much you could save a year: $11,376

Annual cost of childcare: $22,003

Annual cost of housing: $21,289

Median home square footage: 1,816



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New Jersey's most expensive home is back on the market for $48.8 million — take a look inside

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The Stone Mansion, a 30,000-square-foot property located on the former Frick Estate of New Jersey's exclusive Alpine community, is back on the market for $48.8 million.

Still New Jersey's most expensive home, it features 12 bedrooms, 19 bathrooms, and extravagant features like an indoor basketball court and a 4,000-bottle wine cellar.

The home has been on and off the market for several years, but this time it's being listed by its current owner, Richard Kurtz, the CEO of the property management company Kamson.

"I built the house with my ex-wife, with the intention of living in the home," Kurtz recently told Business Insider. "We worked hard together on picking out every detail, spending days on end in the mansion and with the architects, designers, construction team. ... I no longer need this large of a home, and I am hoping that it ends up in the right hands — with a buyer who will appreciate the details, love, and sweat equity that I have put in it over the years."

Below, see photos from a recent listing of the stunning home, which was decorated by Meridith Baer, a celebrity home stager.

Talia Avakian contributed reporting to an earlier version of this article.

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The mansion spans 6 acres in Alpine, New Jersey, 8 miles from New York City. It includes the main house and an attached carriage house. Kurtz said the prime location was one of the home's main draws. "You can be at work in less than 30 minutes but living in a gorgeous, state-of-the-art house, with every amenity and detail possible," he said.



Kurtz said he thought the ideal buyer was "a family who has the money to purchase a 'mansion in the sky' in Manhattan, but who is now looking to raise their children on a beautiful property with incredible features and space, as well as the safety and security that the Stone Mansion features."



Many of the vaulted ceilings are lined with pure-gold trimmings. The master suite comes complete with two bathrooms and two closets.



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What cocaine does to your body and brain

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Cocaine interferes with the way our brain absorbs and recycles certain hormones, including those that play key roles in pleasure, desire, and drive. It also appears to acutely affect parts of our brain that play a role in forming and retrieving memories, which may influence our chances of becoming addicted.

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Tiny self-driving robots have started delivering food on-demand in Silicon Valley — take a look

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The robots have arrived, and they're here to work.

On March 23, bots from Starship Technologies started taking over some of the work done by human couriers at on-demand delivery startup DoorDash. The self-driving robots ferry goods from restaurants in Redwood City, California, to customers within a two-mile radius.

Starship Technologies, a London-based robotics company, aims to make on-demand delivery more efficient by having robots complete deliveries in congested urban areas, where driving can often be a challenge. The company claims its six-wheeled couriers can finish deliveries in as little as 15 to 30 minutes, traversing the streets of Silicon Valley with relative ease.

The startup faces competition from robotics company Dispatch, whose self-driving delivery robots were spotted learning the streets of San Francisco in February. 

We followed a Starship Technologies robot during its first day on the job to see how it works.

SEE ALSO: A 23-year-old college dropout just opened a robot-powered coffee kiosk in San Francisco

This is the delivery guy (or autonomous vehicle) of the future.



Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis, cofounders of Skype and Starship Technologies, cut their teeth working on a robot that could collect rock samples on Mars and the moon.



They later used the technology to develop this take-out robot. The startup raised $17 million in a funding round led by Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler in 2016.

Source: Business Insider



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The stories from inside North Korea's prison camps are horrifying

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The prison camps of Nazi Germany existed for 12 years before their remaining survivors were freed after World War II. In the years that followed, many learned of horrifying conditions, torture, and millions murdered by Hitler's regime, and people swore never to let it happen again.

But North Korea has established its system of prison camps where an untold number have died amid "unspeakable atrocities" comparable to what the Nazis did, according to a preliminary report from the UN.

"I believe you will be very disturbed and distressed by it and that you will have a reaction similar to those of [US] General Eisenhower and the others who came upon the camps in postwar Europe," head investigator Michael Kirby told Reuters in 2013.

On Friday, the UN's human-rights body agreed to strengthen its ongoing investigation of abuses inside the Hermit Kingdom. That investigation will be used in a "future accountability process" if the country's leaders are ever held to account.

About 200,000 people are currently imprisoned in these camps, while some 400,000 people have died in them, according to reports from Amnesty International and the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea.

North Korea has repeatedly denied such reports, and it boycotted the UN debate on Friday.

But Kim Jong Un cannot hide from satellite imagery and the increasing number of escapees who have testified about the regime's abuse.

We have gathered some details about the camps along with satellite images and a set of unconfirmed illustrations supposedly done by a defector that hint at the terror inside.

Warning: The following content is disturbing.

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In a country of 25 million people, up to 200,000 have reportedly "disappeared" into brutal concentration camps found throughout the country.

Source: Committee for Human Rights in North Korea



Former prisoners say conditions are so bad that 20% to 25% of the prison population dies every year. (Note: This is the first of multiple illustrations supposedly made by a defector who spent time in the prisons.)

Source: Committee for Human Rights in North Korea



The North uses "guilt by association" to lock up entire families just for knowing someone convicted of "wrong thought."

Source: Committee for Human Rights in North Korea



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This startup creates awesome offices for other startups — here's how they designed their own headquarters

A giant U-shaped skyscraper designed for New York City could be the longest building in the world

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Manhattan developers keep building skyscrapers taller and taller, but Greek architect Ioannis Oikonomou hopes to break a new kind of record.

His firm, Oiio Studio, has designed a U-shaped tower called the "Big Bend" that aims to become, what Oikonomou calls, "the world's longest building" (if you were measure from end to end of the U, which would total approximately 4,000 feet). 

The design calls for a super-tall, skinny skyscraper bent in half, to form what looks like the first drop of a roller coaster. From the sidewalk to the building's peak, it would stretch about 200 feet taller than One World Trade Center, the largest tower in the city.

For now, the Big Bend is merely a design. Oikonomou tells Business Insider he has sent the design to a few developers, and is currently seeking investment.

The residential building would be located on the southern border of Central Park, an area that's known as "Billionaire's Row" and contains many luxury skyscrapers.

Oikonomou is confident that plans for the Big Bend could move forward since many developers will do whatever it takes to get a better return on investment, he says. In a  huge skyscraper that doesn't take up much space, more people would pay mortgages or rent.

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"The Big Bend has been created, among other things, in order to emphasize the fact that New York has become a giant hotel," Oikonomou says, referencing the recent trend of people buying condos without using them as primary residences. The Big Bend would "ensure maximum profit for its investors, even if its apartments are inhabited only for some days every year."

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12 words that are more familiar to women than men

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Some stereotypes might have some truth.

For instance, an antiquated way of thinking might lead some people to believe that men strictly like talking about cars and sports while women only gab about fashion.

According to data analysis from the Center for Reading Research, that isn't as ridiculous as it first sounds. The center posted an online vocabulary test and analyzed the first 500,000 results, focusing on differences in gender.

Some words exhibited a large margin between the percent of men and women who reported knowing them.

Below, we've listed the words that are more familiar to women than menThey relate mostly to fashion, art, and flowers. 

The words that are more familiar to men tend to center on transportation, weapons, and science.

See if you know the words below, and then take a version of the test here.

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Peony

Definition: anyofvariousplantsorshrubsofthegenusPaeonia,havinglarge, showyflowers.

Women who know it: 96%
Men who know it: 70%



Taffeta

Definition: a medium-weight or light-weight fabric of acetate, nylon, rayon, or silk, usually smooth, crisp, and lustrous, plain-woven, and with a fine crosswise rib effect.

Women who know it: 87%
Men who know it: 48%



Tresses

Definition: longlocksorcurlsofhair.

Women who know it: 93%
Men who know it: 61%



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One of New York's most prestigious power-lunch spots reportedly just filed for bankruptcy — here's what it's like to eat there

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One of New York's most storied power-lunching spots could be on its way out.

Tucked inside the Bloomberg Tower at 58th Street and Lexington Avenue, Le Cirque is one of New York City's most famous restaurants. The restaurant, established in 1974 by Sirio Maccioni, has been a staple of the New York dining scene since its inception.

But Friday, the restaurant reportedly filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. While the future of the restaurant (and its 9 affiliated locations) remains uncertain, the filing is another nail in the coffin of New York's power-dining scene, which said goodbye to the iconic Four Seasons last year.

Not only is Le Cirque known for inventing the crème brûlée and spaghetti primavera, but it's been the launching pad for multiple famous chefs, including Daniel Boulud, David Bouley, and Terrance Brennan. A mixture of style, wonderful food, and famous clientele have given Le Cirque its place in New York City's fine-dining history.

Mario Wainer, who's been the maître d' and manager of Le Cirque for 26 years, has helped seat a list of famous guests that includes Beyonce and Jay Z, members of The Rolling Stones, former US presidents, and even the pope. His work is like a song and dance between the waitstaff and the guests — he greets regular diners like he would an old friend, and sees that everything is running smoothly.

Last March, we followed Wainer on a typical Tuesday during Le Cirque's lunch hours, and learned how the power lunch has changed in his time there.

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The restaurant sits inside the Bloomberg Tower in Midtown Manhattan. Many Bloomberg reporters, including food critic Peter Elliot, hop over to Le Cirque for lunch.



Le Cirque's front dining room seats about 120 people.



There's also the Le Cirque Cafe, which has full service at night, although some lunchtime regulars choose to eat their meals at the bar.



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Trump's childhood home in New York City just sold for $2.1 million — take a look inside

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A brief connection with Donald Trump will provide a happy return for the owner of an unassuming property in Queens, New York.

The two-story, Tudor-style home where Trump once lived as a child hit the auction block January 17, and we just learned that the home sold for $2.14 million once the hammer hit, according to the New York Post.

The new buyer is a real estate investor.

The home is unremarkable except for its historical link to the president, but that fact is key, the auction company's principal auctioneer told The New York Times prior to the sale.

"It's unique, and it has intangible value that goes beyond just the physical real estate," Paramount Realty USA's Misha Haghani told the Times. "You're not actually getting anything of tangible value for the Trump association."

The auction was blind and did not have a target price. The property was originally put up for sale for $1.6 million in 2016, though that price was later reduced to $1.2 million. The listing was taken down due to lack of interest, according to the New York Post, and the previous owners, Isaac Kestenberg and his estranged wife, Claudia, planned to auction it off in October 2016. It later sold to its most recent owner, real estate prospector Michael Davis, for $1.25 million in December.

Before this, the home last changed hands in 2008, when it was purchased for $782,500.

SEE ALSO: This over-the-top $129 million mansion comes with 12 bedrooms, parking for 150 cars, and its own bowling alley

Donald Trump's childhood home is situated in the neighborhood of Jamaica Estates in Queens, New York.



The petite 40' x 120' suburban lot fits in with the rest of the neighborhood.



The rear of the Tudor-style home includes a sun porch.



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12 words that are more familiar to men than women

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An antiquated way of thinking might lead some people to believe that men strictly like talking about cars and sports while women only gab about fashion.

But some of these stereotypes may have a bit of truth to them, according to data analysis from the Center for Reading Research. The center posted an online vocabulary test and analyzed the first 500,000 results, focusing on differences in gender.

Some words exhibited a large margin between the percent of men and women who reported knowing them.

Below, we've listed the words that are more familiar to men than women. They tend to center on transportation, weapons, and science. The words that are more familiar to women tend to relate mostly to fashion, art, and flowers.

See if you know the words below, and then take a version of the test here.

SEE ALSO: 12 words that are more familiar to women than men

Humvee

Definition: a military vehicle that combines the features of a jeep with those of a light truck.

Men who know it: 88%
Women who know it: 58%



Codec

Definition: Short for compressor/decompressor, a codec is any technology for compressing and decompressing data.

Men who know it: 88%
Women who know it: 48%



Solenoid

Definition: an electric conductor wound as a helix with small pitch, or as two or more coaxial helices, so that current through the conductor establishes a magnetic field within the conductor.

Men who know it: 87%
Women who know it: 54%



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This 90-year-old producer found the magic formula for making money in Hollywood

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Roger Corman is a Hollywood legend. He has directed more than 50 movies and produced over 400. He's widely renowned as the "King of B-Movies." He built his career on an ultra-efficient filmmaking style that demands low budgets and short shooting schedules.

The result is a career that spans six decades, and he hasn't shown any signs that he's ready to retire.   

Business Insider recently sat down with Corman at his office in Los Angeles to talk about his most recent project,
"Roger Corman's Death Race 2050,"  a sequel to the cult hit "Death Race 2000," which Corman produced in 1975. 

He will perhaps be most remembered for the roster of A-list Hollywood talent who got their first jobs in the movie business from Corman. Academy Award-winning directors Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, James Cameron, Martin Scorsese, and Jonathan Demme all started out working for Corman. 

Corman is also credited with discovering Jack Nicholson, who appeared in many of the filmmaker's productions before becoming one of the biggest movie stars in history. Watch Nicholson get emotional while talking about what Corman means to him in this clip

We asked Corman to reflect on the legacy of his storied career and to reveal the keys to his success. 

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2 months into his presidency, Trump continues to make some of the worst men's style mistakes

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It's possible that no president in modern history has had as much attention paid to his clothing — and how he presents himself — as Trump.

For better or worse, Americans expect their presidents to look (and behave) a certain way. Looking "presidential" isn't a specific quality, and it's one that's hard to pin down, but it's essential to have in order to be elected to the highest office in the land. Or, it used to be essential anyway.

Trump was known for his trademark hair and style well before he became a politician, but now that he's president, there's understandably a renewed focus on how he's presenting himself. And yet, Trump hasn't changed much about his style except for one noteworthy event, his address to a joint session of Congress in February.

Let's see how he's looked through his campaign and presidency thus far.

Trump announces his candidacy — June 16, 2015

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When Trump announced his candidacy in June 2015, he wore what would become his default "big speech" uniform. 

It consists of an un-tailored, blue, off-the-rack suit, usually worn unbuttoned and with a fire-engine red tie. The pants, especially, were excessively baggy. It's also the first time we saw Trump wear the American flag lapel pin, though it certainly wasn't the last.

We also get the first peek at the too-long tie, which would become a Trump signature.

Trump accepts the Republican nomination — July 21, 2016

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By the time Trump accepted the GOP nomination at the 2016 Republican convention, his uniform had essentially remained unchanged.

This time, however, Trump switched it up with a slightly shiny suit likely made by his favored label, Brioni. The issue here was that the fabric tended to look wrinkly.

The final debate — October 19, 2016

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Trump didn't switch up his style for the debates, either, sticking with the same shiny suit and either a red or blue tie.

Here, we can see how the shoulders of the jacket created a divot when he moved his arm, indicating it didn't fit quite right.

The inauguration — January 20, 2017

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Inauguration Day didn't mark a big change to how Trump dressed himself, but we did start to notice that he tapes the back of his tie. Because the tie usually runs so low and there's not enough extra fabric, the tail of his tie does not reach the keeper loop — that ring of fabric attached to the back of your tie, which keeps the tail from peeking out.

Short story made shorter: The tie is not being tied in the correct place, causing multiple issues. He fixes that with Scotch tape.

Trump's first speech to Congress — February 28, 2017

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In his first speech to a joint session of Congress, Trump wore a suit that looked markedly different from his usual get-up.

He ditched the shiny blue suit for one a few shades darker, and he even decided to button the jacket. The difference was striking.

The tie wasn't completely new — we'd seen this striped blue number at rallies and campaign events. However, paired with the new suit it created a subdued, commanding look. Even the jacket's cuffs fit just about perfectly.

He looked, in a word, polished.

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That evolution didn't last, though. Trump was back to his old tricks of absurdly long, fire-engine red ties and unbuttoned coats soon enough.

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Inside the exclusive New York gym where Hugh Jackman, Victoria's Secret models and Wall Streeters work out

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The head of the New York Stock Exchange, a famous actor, and a Victoria's Secret model walk into a gym. 

That may sound like the beginning of a bad joke, but it's not. It's The Dogpound, an exclusive Manhattan gym that caters to New York's crème de la crème.

The gym opened up in March of last year, and is a favorite with Wall Streeters and Victoria's Secret models.

Some of the original members include Tom Farley, the president of the New York Stock Exchange, and actor Hugh Jackman.

Meet Kirk Myers, the founder and CEO of The Dogpound.

Kirk Myers, CEO and founder of The Dogpound, told Business Insider he was "chunky" when he was growing up. In High School, he weighed nearly 300 pounds. 

His life changed forever when he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure at the age of 21-years old.

"I realized I had to change my life if I wanted to avoid further health complications, so I went to the gym," he said."In two years I lost 130 pounds."

That wasn't the end of his fitness journey, however. Kirk started to help his friends achieve their fitness goals and ultimately he discovered that helping people "get fit" was his passion.

When he moved to New York he started working as a personal trainer. Before he opened up The Dogpound last March, he trained his clients at other New York gyms.

"It started out with 4 people, then 8, then 16," he said."And after I paired up with my friend Brey, and his brother Dawin, it became 31, and it just kept getting bigger."

Ultimately his crew got so big, he decided he would just open up his own gym.  

 

 

 



You can thank Hugh Jackman for the name.

Before The Dogpound was an official gym located in Manhattan's West Village, it was basically a men's club, a group of 14 guy-friends who would get together at 5:45am every day except Sunday to workout. 

Some of the original Dogpounders included actor Hugh Jackman, Tom Farley, the president of the New York Stock Exchange, and former America’s Next Top Model judge Nigel Barker.

Hugh Jackman's french bulldog precided over all of these workouts, and that's how the group got their name.



Here's a video of Jackman working out in the early days of The Dogpound, before it was an actual gym.

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In May 2015, Hugh Jackman joined what is known in the fitness world as the "1000 club" after he successfully completed a 355 pound squat, bench pressed 235 pounds, and dead lifted 410 pounds.



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32 architectural masterpieces everyone should see in their lifetime

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Buildings may be some of the most impressive works of art we have.

After sinking untold sums of money into their construction, we can walk through the finished products and even live inside them.

Business Insider has selected 30 buildings that push the boundaries of structural expression. We think you'll love them.

Drake Baer contributed to an earlier version of this article.

The oldest building we know of is Göbekli Tepe in present-day Turkey. Built somewhere around 9500 B.C., archaeologists aren't certain of its function, but it was probably religious.



Since then, humans have built some pretty incredible structures. In the past couple years, we've seen futuristic openings like the Fulton Center in New York ...



... and the Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School in Melbourne, Australia.



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