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March 28, 2008

Living where you work

Today's Dream Home profile in The Sun focuses on a Washington County resident who runs a knitting business from her house. As it turns out, she's in good company.

Half the businesses in the nation are home-based, according to the Census Bureau.

It's an interesting twist on the old commuting question, though of course not all those business owners are only working from home. Plenty of full-time employees run small firms on the side.

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About Jamie Smith Hopkins

Jamie Smith Hopkins, a Baltimore Sun reporter since 1999, writes about the regional economy. Her reporting on the housing market has won national and local awards. Hopkins is a Columbia native and has lived in Maryland all her life, save for 10 months spent covering schools in Ames, Iowa.
She trained to become a wonk by spending large chunks of time as a geek and an insufferable know-it-all.
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