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Birmingham City: The Underdog Story That’s Got the World Talking
ByDaveslocker 20 November 2025

**Birmingham City: The Brummie Renaissance You Didn’t See Coming** Alright, listen up, internet denizens, because there’s a new sheriff in town, and it’s not a person—it’s a city. Birmingham, UK, has been quietly (or not so quietly) making waves globally, and we’re here to spill the tea on why this Brummie powerhouse is suddenly everyone’s…

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Pittsburgh: The Post-Industrial Parable Every City Is Copy-Pasting
ByDaveslocker 17 September 2025

Pittsburgh: How a Rust-Belt Relic Became the Canary in Everyone’s Post-Industrial Coal Mine By our Man in the Terminal Bar, filing under a bridge that has more Wi-Fi than Rio’s favelas Somewhere on the flight from Singapore to Pittsburgh International—yes, they have one, and yes, it still calls itself “international” with the same charming optimism…

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