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‘No AC Until June’ Redux

April 23, 2026 Colin

Holding the line in 2026: can I keep refusing AC in a year that saw 92 degrees in April?

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Expats Can Get Used to Anything (Snow Redux)

February 23, 2026 Colin

Alternate Titles: Snow, Tropics, and the Expat Condition. Beautiful for 10 Minutes: Learning to Love Snow Again.

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The ‘No AC Until June’ Challenge

May 29, 2024 Colin

Abstaining from air conditioning makes children a little tougher, more resilient or, in the overeducated parlance of the day, “gritty.”

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Rust Belt Revival Check-In

March 6, 2024 Colin

Recent data may show my prediction of a “rust belt revival” has already begun.

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Rust Belt Revival, a Great Migration

July 24, 2023 Colin

I make a public wager on a second great migration away from hot, unsustainable cities to the old industrial cities of the Midwest.

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Florida Project Redux: Redemption

July 24, 2022 Colin

In a revisit to ‘The Florida Project has Failed’, I saw a beautiful side of the America’s petri-dish state. Still bearish though.

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