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Where’s the Best Coffee Culture in Manhattan?
Ever since I watched And Just Like That, I couldn’t stop noticing how many pivotal scenes happen in coffee shops. Whether it’s Carrie meeting her editor at a cozy Village café or Miranda grabbing her morning fix before court, coffee shops are basically the unofficial town squares of Manhattan. From Friends at Central Perk to…
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Who Pays the Most to Live Alone? A City-by-City Breakdown from 2015 to 2025
It started with eggs. After the recent bird flu outbreak, my grocery bills suddenly shot up. That got me thinking—how much does it actually cost to live alone in a U.S. city today? And how did that compare to a decade ago? I began digging into grocery inflation, but the question quickly grew bigger: Has…
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Where Are the Doggiest Neighborhoods in NYC? Here’s What the Data Shows 🐾
If you’ve ever wandered through Manhattan and felt like you were dodging more dogs than people, you’re not imagining things. After diving deep into NYC’s dog licensing data, I found something pretty wild: In 14 ZIP codes — all packed into Manhattan — more than half of households have registered a dog over the past…
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The Winter’s Tale: Boston’s Street Performers Face the Music
Wearing a delicate wool hat and a neatly pressed coat, a figure hunches over as he walks through Harvard station, pulling a handheld suitcase behind him. Selecting the perfect corner spot, he settles down, removes his hat, and carefully places the suitcase on the ground to unpack it. Inside the case lies an array of…
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The Tao of Tsen: Sculpting Life at Eighty-Eight
As the artist uses his thumb to press the line beside the figure’s mouth, a wrinkle gradually appears. Tap, tap, tap, and then comes the unevenness of the skin. Wen-ti Tsen uses his hands to breathe life into a lump of clay, transforming it into a laundry worker from the mid-19th century. “I’m not satisfied…
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Amber Tai 