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What It Feels Like to Live in a City for 30 Days
What would it feel like to live somewhere?
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Rocco Pendola
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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…
May 6
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Rocco Pendola
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April 2026
Why I Could Never Live in the United States Again
What becomes obvious once you’ve lived inside a different urban system
Apr 28
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Rocco Pendola
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What Bikes Without Training Wheels Teach You About Cultures
I love bikes.
Apr 26
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Rocco Pendola
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People Treat Cities the Way Cities Treat Them
How “freeway mode” reshaped American behavior and public space
Apr 25
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Rocco Pendola
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Why Costco Exists
The everyday workarounds required to survive American geography
Apr 22
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Rocco Pendola
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The Overt Hostility of the Parking Lot
The hostile geography Americans interact with every day
Apr 19
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Rocco Pendola
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The Geography of Everyday Life
How walking cities and driving cities produce completely different lives
Apr 18
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Rocco Pendola
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Americans Love Conspiracy Theories—Except the Biggest One
The real forces that reshaped American life happened in plain sight
Apr 16
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Rocco Pendola
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When Neighborhood Food Systems Disappear
And how Valencia, Spain stands out as a global anomaly
Apr 15
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Rocco Pendola
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Seasonality, Trust, And The Logic Of Local Shopping In Your Neighborhood
When the fruit stand doesn't have blueberries
Apr 12
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Rocco Pendola
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The Long Line Experiment
Patience isn’t just personal discipline. It’s environmental.
Apr 11
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Rocco Pendola
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