How Southport, NC Became the World’s Newest Geopolitical Playground—Shrimp Boats and Chinese Crypto Barons Included
Southport, North Carolina—population 3,700 on a generous day—has just been handed the geopolitical spotlight by Netflix’s “Outer Banks,” which apparently needed a place that still smells like sunscreen and existential dread. The streaming behemoth’s algorithm, trained on the viewing habits of teenagers who have never filed taxes, decided this former Confederate supply port was the…