Brandon DonnellyCanada must become a global superpower
The silver lining to the US starting a trade war with Canada and regularly threatening annexation is that it has forced this country out of complacency. Indeed, I'm hard pressed to remember a time, at least in my lifetime, when patriotism and nationalism has united so much of Canada. According to a recent survey by Angus Reid, the percentage of Canadians expressing a "deep emotional attachment" to the country jumped from 49% in December 2024 to 59% in February 2025. And as further evidence of...
Brandon DonnellyThe bank robbery capital of the world
Between 1985 and 1995, Los Angeles' retail bank branches were robbed some 17,106 times. In 1992, which was the the city's worst year for robberies, the number was 2,641. This roughly translated into about one bank robbery every 45 minutes of each banking day. All of this, according to this CrimeReads piece by Peter Houlahan, gave Los Angeles the dubious title of "The Bank Robbery Capital of the World" during this time period. So what caused this? Well according to Peter it was facil...
Brandon DonnellyThe story behind those pixelated video game mosaics in Paris
If you've ever been to Paris, you've probably noticed the small pixelated art pieces that are scattered all around the city on buildings and various other hard surfaces. Or maybe you haven't seen or noticed them in Paris, but you've seen similarly pixelated mosaics in one of the other 79 cities around the world where they can be found. Or maybe you have no idea what I'm talking about right now. Huh? Here's an example from Bolivia (click here if you can't see...
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Brandon DonnellyCanada must become a global superpower
The silver lining to the US starting a trade war with Canada and regularly threatening annexation is that it has forced this country out of complacency. Indeed, I'm hard pressed to remember a time, at least in my lifetime, when patriotism and nationalism has united so much of Canada. According to a recent survey by Angus Reid, the percentage of Canadians expressing a "deep emotional attachment" to the country jumped from 49% in December 2024 to 59% in February 2025. And as further evidence of...
Brandon DonnellyThe bank robbery capital of the world
Between 1985 and 1995, Los Angeles' retail bank branches were robbed some 17,106 times. In 1992, which was the the city's worst year for robberies, the number was 2,641. This roughly translated into about one bank robbery every 45 minutes of each banking day. All of this, according to this CrimeReads piece by Peter Houlahan, gave Los Angeles the dubious title of "The Bank Robbery Capital of the World" during this time period. So what caused this? Well according to Peter it was facil...
Brandon DonnellyThe story behind those pixelated video game mosaics in Paris
If you've ever been to Paris, you've probably noticed the small pixelated art pieces that are scattered all around the city on buildings and various other hard surfaces. Or maybe you haven't seen or noticed them in Paris, but you've seen similarly pixelated mosaics in one of the other 79 cities around the world where they can be found. Or maybe you have no idea what I'm talking about right now. Huh? Here's an example from Bolivia (click here if you can't see...
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People continue to buy expensive homes:
Global super-prime ($10m+) residential sales bounced back in Q1 2023, with 417 sales across the 12 markets tracked in Knight Frank’s new Global Super-Prime Intelligence report. That's up 11% on the 376 recorded in Q4 2022 and the highest volume since Q2 last year.
The biggest market in Q1 this year was Dubai (88 sales), followed by Hong Kong (67), New York (58), Los Angeles (46), Singapore (37) and London (36). While volumes rose in Q1, the total value of sales fell 4% to $7.2 billion. The most expensive average super-prime sales took place in Geneva ($23.8m) and London ($20.4m)
What is perhaps most interesting, though, is how central Dubai has become in the flows of global capital. In 2019, Dubai accounted for 2% of all super-prime sales in the 12 markets that Knight Frank tracks.
Today, looking back at the most recent 12-month period, Dubai now accounts for 17% of all super-prime sales, placing it ahead of London, New York, and Los Angeles.
Part of this jump likely has something to do with the "housing disaster" that Dubai was going through back in 2019. But even still, it is impressive to see just how quickly the city has managed to build and position itself as an alpha global city.
I much prefer walkable cities, but clearly there are enough other people who don't care about that sort of thing.
People continue to buy expensive homes:
Global super-prime ($10m+) residential sales bounced back in Q1 2023, with 417 sales across the 12 markets tracked in Knight Frank’s new Global Super-Prime Intelligence report. That's up 11% on the 376 recorded in Q4 2022 and the highest volume since Q2 last year.
The biggest market in Q1 this year was Dubai (88 sales), followed by Hong Kong (67), New York (58), Los Angeles (46), Singapore (37) and London (36). While volumes rose in Q1, the total value of sales fell 4% to $7.2 billion. The most expensive average super-prime sales took place in Geneva ($23.8m) and London ($20.4m)
What is perhaps most interesting, though, is how central Dubai has become in the flows of global capital. In 2019, Dubai accounted for 2% of all super-prime sales in the 12 markets that Knight Frank tracks.
Today, looking back at the most recent 12-month period, Dubai now accounts for 17% of all super-prime sales, placing it ahead of London, New York, and Los Angeles.
Part of this jump likely has something to do with the "housing disaster" that Dubai was going through back in 2019. But even still, it is impressive to see just how quickly the city has managed to build and position itself as an alpha global city.
I much prefer walkable cities, but clearly there are enough other people who don't care about that sort of thing.
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