There's a few guesses I would make:

• Remote work migration still in progress
• A knock-on effect from the migratory wave caused by remote work - people getting priced out of areas moving to even cheaper areas, driving the price up in those areas
• Investment firms buying up whatever cheap properties they can to use for investment

I think that makes Phoenix interesting, not the whole image meaningful.

The native food really drowns out information about other food, especially in Asia with the huge blue circles covering everything else.

Hmmm, yes, the most popular ethnic restaurant in Mexico City is Mexican. How did I not see that coming?

Wouldn't it be more meaningful to categorize by foods foreign to the given country?

It wasn't a brand new turkey fryer, it was one that was in for repair. I guess the building that repairs steam decks also has a place that repairs turkey fryers.

Well, it's not the company's turkey fryer it was another customer's and they were going to ship it to someone else.

Yeah, but sometimes it's good to be nice.

What isn't clear to me is how much you made on the winning bets to actually cover the costs of the losing bets.

So a priest, a rabbi, and an imam walk into a bar...