Vermont, Brain Drain, Kiasu, Autobahn, Paddleboarding - Five Things - Issue #454

Vermont social network Front Porch Forum has become a useful online community for the entire state, helping users with everything from recommendations to disaster recovery. The key is simple: keeping it focused on local communities.

The opportunity gap between cities and rural America has never been bigger -- and student loans may be to blame

Before there was FOMO, there was “kiasu,” the Singaporean way to describe the fear of losing out. No word better encapsulates the city-state's competitive, and sometimes petty, nature.

The nation's highways are famous for having no blanket speed limits. A proposal to curb this liberty and set a maximum has incensed the transport minister.

Twin brothers Ryan and Casey Higginbotham planned to paddle from Alaska to the U.S.-Mexico border, but when they got there, they decided to keep going.

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