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The Ghetto-ization Of American Life
The Ghetto-ization Of American Life Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Behind the facade of normalization, even high-income lifestyles have been ghetto-ized. Consider the defining characteristics of a ghetto: 1. The residents can't afford to live elsewhere. 2. Everything is a rip-off because options are limited and retailers / service providers know residents have no other choice or must go to extraordinary effort to get better quality or a lower price. 3....
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John Sterling Was The Soundtrack To My Life
I have heard John Sterling’s voice more than anyone’s in the world outside of (maybe) my parents. Three hours a day, most days from April through October, every year since I became a baseball fan. That constancy gets to a fan, worms inside their head to the point where they can no longer be objective
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Real Americans by Rachel Khong – the lottery of life
This multigenerational tale travels from China to New York in search of the true meaning of good fortuneIt’s often said that good luck is the result of good planning: you make your own. But is our luck in life ever entirely under our control? And how much luck, and planning, might be enough? Real Americans, Rachel Khong’s second novel, strikes directly at the heart of these questions. Its Chinese-American characters are brought into contact with fabulous wealth – a prototypical stroke of luck....