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It all seems so glamorous. You can just see yourself writing the great American novel on the stoop of a New York City brownstone, acting out a scene in an Oscar-worthy movie on a Hollywood soundstage or heading back to Chicago on a first-class flight from an international business meeting.

Many people dream about trading in their humdrum existences in small towns and suburban cul-de-sacs in favor of exciting big city lives.   Only a few actually get up the courage to do it and do it right.

Do you have what it takes?

You’ll need more than a dollar and a dream. Here are a few words of advice for those who are brave enough to try to make it in the big city.

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