35-year-old American moved to Chengdu and lives on $30,000 a year: '[It's] poverty in America, but in China I'm living large'

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35-year-old American moved to Chengdu and lives on $30,000 a year: '[It's] poverty in America, but in China I'm living large'

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In her late 20s, Aleese Lightyear worked in reality TV production and lived in New York City, which she thought was her dream.
"At the height of my career in New York, I was probably making $100,000 a year [and] working eight months out of the year, which on paper sounds great, but New…

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