Move over, paid streamers — free TV is having its revenge.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Wannapa Suprasert, a 28-year-old from Thailand now based in San Francisco who was scammed out of over $300,000. The following has been edited for length and clarity.
Cities may be crowded, dirty, loud, and expensive, but they've always offered one clear advantage over America's rural areas: more money.