It was summer in the city that proudly calls itself the “end of the world,” and the tourists were flocking like the penguins they had traveled thousands of miles to see. On a late-January afternoon, five hulking cruise ships crowded…
Tag: Real Estate and Housing (Residential)
Santa Lives in Rovaniemi, Finland. Some of His Neighbors Are Not Thrilled.
“Do these have cheese in them?” he asked. She saw more tourists in snowmobile suits lingering by the cashier. Before they could make eye contact, she got out of there. “I was thinking: Here we go again,” she said. These…
Living Car-Free in Arizona, on Purpose and Happily
Last year, when Andre Rouhani and Gabriela Reyes toured Culdesac Tempe, a rental development outside of Phoenix, the place looked pretty sweet. It had winsome walkways, boutique shops and low-slung white stucco buildings clustered around shaded courtyards. The only surprise…
Private Island Comes on the Market in Italy
Private Mediterranean islands are rather rare, but Punta Pennata, a sliver of land in the Gulf of Naples with the crumbling walls of an old Roman villa tucked amid its overgrown flora, has been on the market for several months.…