PinnedInCity LifebyRocco Pendola·3d agoThe Saddest Thing About The United States Is That It Doesn’t Have To Be This WaySome of the smartest people in the country have spent decades explaining how to improve quality of life — they’ve been largely ignored.A response icon28A response icon28
PinnedInCity LifebyRocco Pendola·Jun 10I Thought This Was Normal Until I Left the United StatesYou don’t understand quality of life until you’ve experienced something different.A response icon304A response icon304
PinnedInCity LifebyRocco Pendola·Feb 4America Teaches You a Lie About SafetyYou don’t notice how unsafe the United States feels until you live somewhere else.A response icon64A response icon64
PinnedInRootedbyRocco Pendola·Mar 12I Called Out a Bully in a High-End Bar. The Noma Story Doesn’t Surprise Me.High-end restaurants run on pressure. The problem is when the industry decides humiliation is part of the job.A response icon14A response icon14
InCity LifebyRocco Pendola·Jul 8How E-Bikes Are Making A Mockery Of Cycling CultureWe spent decades fighting for bicycles to be taken seriously. Then we turned the bike lane into a circus.A response icon30A response icon30
InCity LifebyRocco Pendola·Jul 4The Biggest Thing I Learned After Getting Out Of The U.S. Had Nothing To Do With SpainThe country created the conditions. I still had to do the work.A response icon6A response icon6
InCity LifebyRocco Pendola·Jul 1The Weirdest Part About Leaving The United States Is What Happened NextWhy some people build a life abroad — and others go homeA response icon16A response icon16
InIberosphericalbyRocco Pendola·Jun 27What People Get Wrong About Missing HomeThe places we “miss” are usually edited versions of realityA response icon4A response icon4
InCity LifebyRocco Pendola·Jun 24The Scariest Consequence Of Moving Abroad Isn’t What You ThinkNobody tells you what happens when the move actually works.A response icon26A response icon26
InCity LifebyRocco Pendola·Jun 18The Retirement Crisis Taught Me Something About AmericaWhy so many collective failures get framed as personal onesA response icon8A response icon8