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877-97-973-7-425. Oh, I have waited to get to this story. So there are days where like our former president, I like impulse control.

And I just, the thing that I really want to talk about, I want to talk about and I get to it out of the gate.

There is more pressing stuff today.

So I've waited.

But now we're here.

The story from Sylvia Marchetti at CNN.

Here's the headline, this family is moving to Italy because they've had enough of the U.S. As dozens of Italian towns sell off old houses on the cheap, foreigners who

rush to grab one are often in search of a year-round sunshine,

spot a vacation retreat or just to live their Italian dream.

But one American family has done it to start a new life far from the United States.

In 2019, the Dawkins family, Nadine, 59, her husband Kim, 61, and their children,zo 29 and Dene, 27, bought a charming home in the town of La Tronico, in the southern region of Basilacada.

The town of 4,000 inhabitants is located within the pristine Polino National Park and surrounded by hot springs.

They got excited after reading CNN's article about Latraniko's initiative to sell cheap houses that are already inhabitable rather than ruins for one euro or a little over dollar.

The town advertises available properties on a dedicated website.

Reading the article at her home in El Paso, Texas, Nadine Dawkins, a retired former soldier

and businesswoman, felt the pull of her ancestry.

Her great-great-grandfather was Italian and came to the United States in the 19th century.

After hearing my nunna's stories, I always felt a connection to Italy, she tells CNN travel.

As a soldier stationed in the region, many years later, I vowed to return.

Years more, my husband and I brought our children over to

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