Here’s more evidence the middle class is dead/dying

Via here:

Your Christmas stuff is likely from Yiwu, a small town in China

Yiwu Is Where Christmas Comes From

Read this, then read this, then watch this:

The New York Times probably doesn’t understand gentrification

Gentrification

Gentrification is a fairly important social construct, although admittedly probably a bunch of people overuse the word in the modern world. If you’ve never heard of it, first remove the rock above your body, and then read this: it’s basically when… Continue Reading

On the Global Livable Cities Index, the first U.S. city doesn’t appear until No. 17

Geneva

There are about a million and three different ways to rank cities — here, here, and here as examples — but it is broadly relevant to do so, or at least have some metrics assigned to cities. In the 1950s,… Continue Reading

The millennial revolution will come on the back of walkability

Walkability Is The Future

Literally every place I’ve ever lived, I’ve looked up the walk score on it before I even considered moving there. In fact, where I live right now — in Fort Worth, about a mile or so from TCU, is probably… Continue Reading

Someone is now paying $500K/month to rent in New York City

Pierre Hotel Exterior

One of the major reasons I recently lived in Minnesota, and now live in Texas — despite the fact that a lot of my friends live in New York City (and, in fact, I’m from there) — is because New… Continue Reading

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Buy your house in the winter, especially if you like bargain-shopping

House For Sale, Baby!

Image credits: Precondo I wrote a little bit last week about “the biggest challenge” a person might encounter in 2015, detailing some of my own personal challenges/concerns in the process. One of them was about the whole notion of buying a… Continue Reading

Should you combine finances with your spouse / significant other?

Combining Finances After Marriage

I personally think so, but this is a fairly divisive issue. Continue Reading