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Anna and her husband, Alex, grew up together in Miami and then moved to Atlanta weeks after graduating from UF.
“Two years. That’s the maximum I’m willing to stay.” Those were Anna’s words when, in 1998, her husband was recruited back to Gainesville to run the company he had interned for while they were in college at the University of Florida. Although living in Gainesville had been wonderful as a student, Anna couldn’t imagine living there as an adult. Today, she can’t imagine living anywhere else in Florida.
“I’m a big city person and wanted a big city life. The thought of living in Gainesville made me shudder,” she says. At first, being the trailing spouse was very difficult for her.
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