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Some People Are Better Off Moving Sight Unseen
Why scouting trips are mostly bullshit
In response to me calling bullshit on scouting trips, a reader asked:
Vacation Is the Plan of The Man to Keep a Brother Down
In a world where nothing remains undiscovered or otherwise original—everything seems within reach after a quick “search”—I was surprised to Google the phrase—
It's the plan of the man to keep a brother down.
—and get zero relevant resul...
The Difference Between Paris With and Without Cars
I wish I could find the words to describe the feeling.
But the thing is I didn’t even expect to feel the magnitude of the difference so strongly between the parts of Paris with cars and the parts of Paris without them. Or the parts with “n...
What It Feels Like to Live in a City for 30 Days
What would it feel like to live somewhere?
It’s the single most important question you can ask in relation to just about any point in life. In the end, it’s really the core question this newsletter asks and—hopefully—helps you with.
Toda...
How Paris Taught Me That I Need To Work Even Less—And Not Because It's a "European" City
People say so many things about life in Europe that have been allowed to pass without critical inspection. I sensed this prior to our move to Spain and can confidently confirm that many of these assumptions—these myths—are indeed false afte...
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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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