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People confuse a "good city" with a "beautiful city" all the time. A city can have great food, jobs, and nightlife and still be ugly to walk through. So I ranked the top 10 U.S. cities by aesthetics alone.....🧵

People confuse a "good city" with a "beautiful city" all the time. A city can have great food, jobs, and nightlife and still be ugly to walk through. So I ranked the top 10 U.S. cities by aesthetics alone.....🧵

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Georgia might be the most overlooked country on Earth. Wine older than Rome. Mountains that rival the Alps. Monasteries carved into cliffs. Yet most travelers still skip it. These 14 places will make you wonder how Georgia stayed a secret for this long.....🧵

Georgia might be the most overlooked country on Earth. Wine older than Rome. Mountains that rival the Alps. Monasteries carved into cliffs. Yet most travelers still skip it. These 14 places will make you wonder how Georgia stayed a secret for this long.....🧵

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Bora Bora is beautiful enough to make almost anyone want to go. Then you check the prices. Here are 10 cheaper alternatives that still deliver the dream-island feeling.....🧵

Bora Bora is beautiful enough to make almost anyone want to go. Then you check the prices. Here are 10 cheaper alternatives that still deliver the dream-island feeling.....🧵

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Where would you rather spend a few days?

Where would you rather spend a few days?

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Emir Han Aunt May in the MCU Spider-Man trilogy:

Emir Han Aunt May in the MCU Spider-Man trilogy:

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Where would you rather visit?

Where would you rather visit?

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At the edge of Scotland, there is a pub you cannot drive to. No road takes you there. To reach The Old Forge in Inverie, you either cross Loch Nevis by ferry from Mallaig or walk roughly 16 miles across the Knoydart Peninsula. That is part of what makes it different. Most travel now is built around ease. Direct flights or fast transfers. Perfect itineraries. Places that ask almost nothing from you before they give you the view, the meal, the photo, or the story. Knoydart does not work that way. You have to check the weather and you have to watch the ferry schedule. You have to understand that the landscape does not care about your plans. And if you walk in, the trail makes you earn every mile. Wet ground. Cold wind. Peat bog and silence. Mountains in every direction. The type of place where your phone becomes less useful and your attention starts working again. Then, eventually, you see Inverie. A small village by the water. A white pub near the shoreline. The warm room you crave after the cold. That's the Old Forge. It's known as one of Britain’s most remote pubs, but that is not the whole story. Knoydart has a hard history, shaped by isolation, the Highland Clearances, and a community that eventually fought to take ownership of the land around them. When The Old Forge was later put up for sale, residents and supporters stepped in again. They raised the money, brought it into community ownership, and kept the village gathering place in local hands. That is what makes it worth writing about. Not just the pint at the end of the journey, but the walk, the ferry, the weather, the history, and the people who decided this place was still worth protecting. I wrote about the long road to The Old Forge and why some places mean more because they refuse to be convenient. Check out the full newsletter:

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Why would you live in Dubai when you can live in the Swiss Alps?

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