Oklahoma City finds its way onto lots of “most affordable” lists — it was the 7th-cheapest large city in American for rentals last year, for example, when one bedroom apartments averaged $631. There’s plenty of reasons why. An important one: It’s in Oklahoma. And people think Oklahoma is hot, and […]
End on a high note! Hit your last shot before leaving the basketball court. Make sure you say good-bye when you leave. And yes, all’s well that ends well. In my continuing series for PeopleScience.com on cognitive biases, I recently took on the Peak-End rule. It’s a simple concept that […]
Recent college graduates get a lot of advice from a lot of directions. Mom, Dad, school friends, crazy Uncle Harry, the Internet, Instagram. Get a job, take a European vacation, don’t buy a car, move somewhere new, buy a professional wardrobe, go to grad school, follow your dreams, take that […]
The hottest place to move in America is….Boise? Folks who live there seem to think so, and plenty of Americans agree with them. Idaho’s population climbed 2.2 % last year, the fastest-growing state in the nation. Employment is growing at the fastest clip in the nation, too. So it shouldn’t […]
“Free” is a very powerful word. Just look at the lines on National Ice Cream day and you know that’s true. Companies use the word “free” all the time to get your attention. If you’ve the Red Tape Chronicles for a while, you know this is often a bad thing — […]
“What kind of journalist are you? Do you write the truth? Or are you one of those fake journalists?” Because if you’re an honest journalist, that’s ok. But…” Moments earlier, I’d been having a lovely bar conversation with this man about beer at a brew pub while he pet Rusty. […]
When you put your own blood, sweat, and tears into something, you value it more. You probably know that, but you probably don’t know this tendency has a name — the IKEA Effect — and it has many applications in the workplace and on America’s store shelves. I’ve mentioned this […]
It’s hard to argue there are deep divisions between Red and Blue states in America, but one thing seems to be bringing the country together: sky-high real estate prices. Americans are fleeing expensive coastal cities, which tend to vote for Democrats, and migrating to cheaper, smaller places in the middle […]
I appeared on CBS network this weekend — from Oklahoma City, a place that’s often mentioned in the list of cool, new cities — to talk about how internal migration might change America’s political map. Here’s an excerpt of the story referenced in the piece. Or, just watch the video. […]
“Skip the lines! No wait times!” yelled the “Clear” salespeople swarming beleaguered fliers at Sea-Tac airport on Thursday. The standard passenger security screening line wound far down the usual hallway. Travelers who approached slumped their shoulders when it came in view. But all around this frustrated and captive audience were sales […]
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