Post-Nomad

The indefinite alienation of expat life

Cultural divides never quite close

Nov 15 • 

Russell Max Simon

18

7

4

This journey ends in failure

But follow your stoke, and you'll find others with the same stoke

Nov 9 • 

Russell Max Simon

9

October 2025

I'm heartbroken—and focused like never before

My Dawn Wall is a climbing ledge in New Hampshire

Oct 23 • 

Russell Max Simon

12

2

The difference between Barcelona and the Bay Area

Tech culture's "Aboutness" vs. a city built for serendipity

Oct 13 • 

Russell Max Simon

15

3

2

The most revolutionary, anti-capitalist act right now

Big business, social media, and tech are combining to sow division throughout the world—and rob us of our autonomy in the process.

Oct 3 • 

Russell Max Simon

5

1

September 2025

Crying on the streets of Barcelona

I think I can say this without rose-colored glasses

Sep 24 • 

Russell Max Simon

42

10

9

I'm in a relationship with climbing

It's always there when everything else falls apart

Sep 18 • 

Russell Max Simon

9

1

What matters when everything feels fragile

Barcelona and the twilight before a cataclysm

Sep 7 • 

Russell Max Simon

16

3

3

August 2025

How a writer chooses what to write about

On the threshold of history

Aug 15 • 

Russell Max Simon

15

4

1

Following our nature vs. restraining it

The contradiction at the heart of my new life

Aug 7 • 

Russell Max Simon

8

2

1

July 2025

Expats are killing my barrio

Grappling with my role in Barcelona gentrification

Jul 28 • 

Russell Max Simon

39

12

Barcelona was supposed to be temporary

Nesting in my new apartment, in the middle of a heatwave

Jul 3 • 

Russell Max Simon

37

14

2