The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.
Sid lives in the town of Matakana with her single, sometimes-neglectful alcoholic father Leo (Noah Taylor), who wanted to be a painter but now mows the lawns of rich neighbors and visiting Auckland rich boys occupying the beachfront mansions nearby in Omaha.
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
In the past, the wealthy were more similar to the average American, having more time and freedom to go to attend viewings or browse for the right home with their real estate agent—and there was even an era in which luxury buyers trialed homes by having sleepovers in multimillion-dollar mansions.
Abdul Hadi spent his days hiding in hovels in distant parts of Syria, turning his mind obsessively over the old days of revolution, over fleeting encounters and terrible choices.
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Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
During the rainy season, their hovels turned into hovels on stilts.
Stroll through its 52-block historic district dotted with Victorian mansions, legendary seafood shacks, and an arts scene that far exceeds expectations for a small town.
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Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
Once our fishing guide, Scott Allen, pulled up, the three of us climbed into his ATV to head to one of his six shacks on the frozen inlet.
Booming tech wealth, soaring homelessness In Santa Clara County — home to Apple, Google and eight of America’s 50 most expensive ZIP codes — the number of people living in recreational vehicles full time has surged.
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Jeffrey Kopp,Kate Rogers,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2026
Since then, his parents have been living in the RV outside of their home, joining the dozens of other recreational vehicles now found across Altadena since the fire.
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