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From South Korea to North Korea, Cambodia to Thailand and Azerbaijan to Hong Kong here are seven amazing oriental and subcontinental abandonments from the Near East to the Far East, from skyscraper hotels and pod cities to shopping malls and amusement parks and everything in between.

Where employers expect to be hiring in the next quarter.

Residents of Swiss financial center Zurich know that their country has more to offer than world-class chocolate and precision watches. They can now brag that, on the whole, they earn more than anyone in the world. Zurich-dwellers rake in $22.60 per hour in average net pay, according to a wage survey released August 19. The runner-up city is less than 200 miles southwest: Geneva, where jobs pay $20.40 per hour.

The recession has reshaped the singles scene--for the better in many places.

The three most important things in real estate: location, location, location.

Criminologists call reduction in violent crime in Washington area, other major cities mystifying.

Twenty spots where it's hardest to make ends meet.

Where you live has a huge impact on how your hair looks. TotalBeauty.com looked at humidity levels, pollution, rainfall, average wind speeds, sunshine, water hardness, demographics and more to find the cities with the best and worst conditions for hair.

Quality of life makes people in these cities love where they reside.