Slow Smartphones, Global Wealth Inequality, Debt/Poverty in America, Leaving Silicon Valley, GIS and Data Maps and Gentrification

A New Phone Comes Out. Yours Slows Down. A Conspiracy? No.

While slowdowns happen, they take place for a far less nefarious reason. That reason is a software upgrade.

 

Global Wealth Inequality Is Even Worse Than We Thought (Millennials Are the New Peasants)

The world’s economy has not only recovered from the global financial meltdown of 2008, but has grown 27% since then. There are 8,740,000 million new millionaires since 2008, too.

 

Why I’m leaving Silicon Valley

When the opportunity exists to experience a whole new city and still do what I love, why not just go out there and try?

 

This Entrepreneur Travels the World While Making More Than Most Doctors

Jeremy Page is living proof the digital nomad lifestyle is alive and well.

 

Debt in America: An Interactive Map

This map shows the geography of debt in America at the national, state, and county levels. How does your community compare?

 

How geography helps explain poverty in Philadelphia | Data

Transportation, housing and land use in the suburbs are the three elements to explaining the poverty in Philly.

 

The Small Appalachian City That’s Thriving

Roanoke’s post-Millennial downtown growth has drawn attention from other cities looking to replicate its success, but the gentrification story is playing out here like elsewhere.