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Americans Were Trained to Accept Bullshit
Trump didn't break America; he just moved into the hollowed-out shell of a country that stopped demanding better decades ago.
Feb 6
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Rocco Pendola
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Most People Who Move Abroad Aren’t Prepared for How Boring It Gets
Why boredom — not culture shock — is what actually sends people home or makes them miserable
Feb 3
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Rocco Pendola
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What Living Abroad Is Actually Like — And Why Most Writing Misses It
Most writing about living abroad is window dressing
Feb 2
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Rocco Pendola
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Why Living Abroad Doesn’t Save You Money—It Reallocates It
Why cost of living is really about how you live—not what things cost
Feb 1
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Rocco Pendola
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January 2026
The Parts of Living in Spain No One Warns You About
The unglamorous, everyday realities that decide whether living abroad works—or just doesn’t
Jan 28
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Rocco Pendola
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America Teaches You a Lie. You Find Out If You Believe It Abroad.
Why some Americans adapt—and others never stop fighting reality
Jan 26
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Rocco Pendola
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Why “Move Abroad” Has Become America’s Favorite Coping Mechanism
What happens when logistics replace judgment
Jan 24
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Rocco Pendola
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How To Think Clearly When Power and Institutions Become Unpredictable
Decision-making when politics crumble and certainty is harder to come by
Jan 21
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Rocco Pendola
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Europe Isn’t What the American Left—or the Far Right—Thinks
What Americans misunderstand when they look across the Atlantic
Jan 20
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Rocco Pendola
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Trump Is a Moment. Your Life Is Not.
Why reacting to political horror isn’t the same as building a future abroad
Jan 19
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Rocco Pendola
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The Small-Town Trap: What City People Get Wrong About Escape
Why leaving pressure behind doesn’t automatically create a life that works
Jan 18
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Rocco Pendola
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Most People Aren’t Built to Figure It Out as They Go
Why improvisation works for a few—and backfires for almost everyone else
Jan 16
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Rocco Pendola
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