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Can you buy your way out of loneliness?
A booming industry of apps, camps, and services promises to solve loneliness for a price, but experts warn these products may mask the problem rather than fix it.
Vox · 4m
Cemetery plots are the new house flips
Plot prices jumped 65% since 2018, sparking a niche market where people buy and resell burial spots for profit.
Yahoo Finance · 1m