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Choose one for mePicture this: You die in Kansas. The wheat fields are golden. The sky is enormous. And unlike Dorothy, your family can’t just click their heels and wish the probate court away. ...
Picture this: It’s January in Iowa. You’ve died. It’s minus fifteen with a wind chill that makes it feel like the surface of Mars. Your relatives in Chicago — your siblings, may...
Picture this: You die in Idaho. You and your spouse have been farming potatoes in the Magic Valley for twenty years. You built the operation together. The equipment alone is wor...
Picture this: You die in Hawaii. You bought a condo on Maui back before prices went completely vertical, and it’s been your pride and joy for fifteen years. You told your family...
Picture this: You die in Delaware — the corporate law capital of the world. More than 60% of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated here because Delaware’s business law is so so...
Picture this: You die in Connecticut. You lived in Greenwich or Westport or one of those towns with median home prices that make people in other states check the math twice. You...
Picture this: You die in Colorado. You’ve got a ski cabin in Summit County — you bought it back when you could actually afford one — and you’ve been paying off the mortgage for ...
Picture this: You die in Arkansas. Your family gathers, grief-stricken, and starts asking the obvious questions: Who gets the house? Who gets the truck? What happens to the land...
Picture this: You die in Alaska in February. It’s minus twenty. The nearest probate courthouse is in Juneau — accessible primarily by floatplane, which isn’t running because of ...
Picture this: It’s October in Alabama. The Crimson Tide is playing. Your family should be at a tailgate, faces painted, doing something involving a grill the size of a small air...
The chile is green. The sunset over the Sandia Mountains is turning the rocks pink. It’s perfect. And then you die. New Mexico is a state of stunning natural beauty, deep cultur...
Your license plate says “Live Free or Die.” It’s right there. On the plate. Every car in New Hampshire. It’s the state motto, codified in metal and bolted to your bumper. Live f...
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