“Generational wealth shapes our futures and friendships, whether we talk about it or not.”
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The Seniors Against Senior Housing
“America’s elders need more places to live, but even in liberal enclaves that recognize the problem, developers are facing the fiercest foes of all: America’s elders.”
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You Can Never Go Home Again. But You Can Spend a Lifetime Trying
‘My father designed two of the houses I grew up in. Then he died. I’m still untangling where his taste ends and mine begins.”
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How I Became the Villain of El Cerrito’s Nextdoor
“I had a panic attack. Then I wrote an apology letter.”
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The Last Straw
“Inside the tiny community of English master thatchers, a fight is unfolding over a tradition that may not survive.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring stories about celebrity look-alikes, siblings, desert living, philanthrocapitalism, and life inside a legal brothel.
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The Desert Safety Net
“Every winter, tens of thousands of Americans migrate to public lands in the Arizona desert. For a growing number, it’s not a vacation—it’s the only housing they can afford.”
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When the Flames Went Out
“Losing home and rebuilding, reluctantly, in the year after Los Angeles’s Eaton Fire.”
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11 Women, 9 Dogs, Not Much Drama (and No Guys)
“These retired women in Texas have been through infertility, illness, layoffs, addiction and disappointing marriages. Now they are trying to create a utopia just for themselves.”
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How “Cabin Porn” Took Over the Internet
“A rough-hewn A-frame in a snowscape or a tiny log shack by a lake—why off-grid, simple living has long captured the American imagination, and our online attention.”