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An American Midlife Crisis in the Netherlands

Chris O'Connell

Hi! I'm Chris and I'm documenting my escape from Trump and the United States. Most white, American men buy a shiny sports car for their midlife crisis. Instead, I moved to the Netherlands and left behind a declining United States...

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  • Chris O'Connell

    I'm a 5th generation Bay Area native that spent a good deal of my adult life in the wine industry. In 2024, after 17 years of trying to "make it", we moved to the Netherlands to start fresh. This substack will document how I escaped Trump's America.

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