In rural Quang Ngai province the authorities are seeking hoteliers to develop its golden, palm-fringed and empty beaches, and dream of building spa resorts around the hot-water springs that bubble up through the province's rice paddies.

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Was I going to stay on my current path and invest more time and energy into a profession that left me empty, or was I going to pursue a dream that made me whole?

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That's how we'll help people here in California live their dream of homeownership -- and how we'll start transforming abandoned streets lined with empty houses back into thriving neighborhoods.

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