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What is it about packing all our worldly possessions into little boxes that just seems to strike fear in the hearts of people? While we understand that the prospect of living in a new area can be unsettling, the moving process does not have to be as stressful as it seems. Use our  Find-A-Mover  tool to find a mover who gives back. (All of our Movers belong to AMSA, a state association or an accredited van line.)Follow our moving tips to Move Like A Pro for stress-free moving day. Hire a certified professional relocation company. Everyone's heard the horror stories, so don't take chances with your property when choosing a moving company. Ask the salesmen if the company belongs to your state's moving association, an accredited van line or  AMSA.  Both van lines and moving associations hold their members to higher standards so you can rest easy knowing your valuables are in the hands of responsible professionals. Start early. While it may seem obvious ma...

Getty You've just signed the paperwork on a new home (congrats!). But soon the excitement of getting settled at your new place will wear off, and the panic of packing up boxes will set it. We've rounded up expert-approved tips to keep you sane and totally prepared during the move. 1. Manage packing smartly.  "For my recent move, I gave myself a daily box quota to prevent a draining weekend of non-stop packing," says Amy Azzarito, design writer and author of Past & Present . Avoid boxing up your old place in one fell swoop, if you have the time. Remember, you'lll need some energy left to unpack, too. MORE FROM  MOVING TIPS 7  ARTICLES 25 WAYS TO GET RID OF CLUTTER 9 CLEVER WAYS TO MAKE A NEW HOUSE FEEL LIKE HOME HOW TO MOVE WITHOUT GOING BANKRUPT 3 TOP TIPS IF YOU'RE PLANNING A MOVE 2. Skip the cardboard boxes.  Target Home Style expert and blogger  Emily Henderson  used Cali...

Considered as one of the most stressful things you can do – removal could be very traumatic. Save your nerves and time using some helpful tips. The most important and the first thing you should do is to create a moving checklist. Everything starts from this point. Some people underestimate its value, but those who have already been in such situation know how important is to systematize your ideas. Create a plan to manage your tasks easier. Here are some simple steps that can help you: Pick a date Mapping out your moving time  is the key to avoid  the pressure . Knowing the exact moment of the removal gives you the advantage to plan each step. When you choose a day that suits you consider the fact that bank holidays and Fridays are not the perfect dates. An off-peak time such as mid-weak is very appropriate. Decide what you can get rid off Now is the best time to throw some of the useless items.  People  store up  a lot of things that they don’t need a...

The housing crunch is so bad in Silicon Valley that Nicole Jones, a single 29-year-old with a toddler and another baby on the way, paid $1,000 a month to live in a single-car garage in San Mateo. And she felt lucky. CNN highlighted her story recently in the  child poverty installment  of its  Change the List project , a series focused on trying to help places rise from the bottom of various misery lists ( worst rape rate ,  most endangered river ,  most unequal place ). Click image for slideshow. Jones was raising her little girl — 18 months old when CNN visited — in a converted garage space with a tiny bathroom, including "a stand-up shower that's way too small." The Daily Mail  estimated  its size at 250 square feet, but it looks like it may be even smaller. "My living room, kitchen, bedroom, dining room — this is everything," she told CNN. Her "kitchen" was a mini-fridge with a small microwave on top, and a to...

Just as you always strive to keep your family safe and secure during a long moving trip, your friends at Mont-Rose Moving Systems put the same care and attention into the transport of your belongings. Whether you’re moving your first apartment, a 5-bedroom home, or even an entire office building, our team goes to great lengths to ensure that all of your items arrive at their new destinations in the same condition that they were left in. For larger items… As an agent of Mayflower, we not only have the support of moving and storage professionals all over the world, but we have access to the latest equipment and specialized machinery, too. From fleets of air-ride trucks to forklifts, specialty crating and rigging services and much more, we have everything you need, conveniently at our disposal. You can rest assured that no matter how large, unusual, fragile or unique your items are, the Mont-Rose Moving Systems team can help get them wherever they need to go, safely and securely....

It’s the week before your move, and the situation has gone DEFCON 3 in your house. And things are veering closer and closer to DEFCON 1. You’ve run out of boxes twice, full rolls of packing tape are a distant memory, and every drawer in your home feels like a vortex of packing misery. In between frantically dragging your unwanted gear to the curb and trying to use socks as precious-items packing material, you realize you’ll never get all this stuff out of here in time on your own. You’re going to need  help . But do you break down and call in the pros or beg your friends? Before you decide (or curl up in a corner, assume a fetal position, and stare catatonically at the walls), try weighing these three factors: 1. Distance “The longer the move the harder it becomes, so we always recommend professionals for long-distance moves,” says  Jan Reid , CEO of  All Over Movers  in  Oklahoma City, OK . If you’re moving to a new city ...

Josh Haner/The New York Times   San Francisco looms large in the imagination of outsiders, who use it as a touchstone to define other places. Above, the city and Marin County, as seen from the Airship Ventures zeppelin. In 1898, in a book called “Skaguay, The Gateway to the Klondike,” promoting the golden promise of Alaska,  a civic booster wrote : The future of Skaguay is assured: she is the San Francisco of Alaska — the Key City of the great golden Northwest and will be the capital and the metropolis of the coming North Star State. It could not have been the first time that the name San Francisco has been the touchstone, the benchmark, the defining frame for someplace else. As in “ Geneva  is the San Francisco of Switzerland.” Or “ Port au Prince  is the San Francisco of the Caribbean.” Or “ Brighton  is the San Francisco of England.” As demonstrated by the pages and pages of links that appear with a Google search of the phrase “is the San Francisco...