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If You've Seen One Gentrifying Neighborhood, You've Seen Every Gentrifying Neighborhood
I think about gentrification a lot.
And I’ve come to a somewhat sad conclusion—it’s inevitable and it’s all relative.
When my daughter was about to be born in 2003, we moved into what was the gentrifying Mission District in San Francisc...
How I Knew Spain Was Right Before I Ever Lived There
Two years ago, before we moved to Spain, I wrote the piece below.
Reading it now is wild.
Valencia turned out exactly as I imagined.
Lately, I’ve spent a lot of time writing about certainty—specifically how much of the relocation indust...
The Lies America Tells About The Rest Of The World
Curitiba, Brazil.
We looked at it extensively when I studied urban planning and design between 2002 and 2008.
I hadn’t thought about the city for a while. Then, I saw a video about it on YouTube.
It was by VUELTAMUN, a channel by two A...
You Can't Build a Life Around Relief
Two themes get overplayed in the predominantly shallow discourse about moving abroad: the honeymoon period and the idea of running away from something.
Add both to the list of ideas people repeat so often—in imperfect harmony—that we uncr...
Stop Shopping for Your Dream Life Abroad
Why most people ask the wrong questions before they move
After the last post, some readers will reasonably ask:
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I live and work full-time in Spain, where I write about life abroad, cities, and investing and personal finance. I’m no longer a U.S. resident. I am based entirely in the EU. Using em dashes since 2005.
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