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Medellín — Beautiful Broken By Its Own Transformation — Worth It?
Medellín just made National Geographic's Best of the World 2026 — but rents are up 40%, El Poblado is overrun, and the US still has Colombia at Level 3. Real USD verdict below.
🌍 What This Episode Covers
Medellín in 2026 is one of the most talked-about cities in the Americas — a genuine transformation from murder capital to innovation hub, now colliding with a digital nomad surge, gentrification crisis in El Poblado, and $11 billion in Colombian tourism revenue. We cover the $1 cable car to Parque Arvi, the real safety picture (homicide rate lower than Indianapolis), three named logistics…
The skinny
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