Millennials want to retire at 50. How to afford it is another matter

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Although Devangi Patel, 33, has been working as a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist at a large medical center outside Atlanta for only two years, her goal is to afford to walk away from her job at 50.

“That, to me, is the American dream,” she said.

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Patel is not alone in her quest to become financially independent — and at a relatively early age. It seems that a…