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Ubering
I have been an Uber driver for a few months now. As a rule, I don’t drive more than three days a week, for three to four hours a day. If you want to hire
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Bike Share War
The war of the American city, between bikers and car drivers, is not yet over, but a new one has already been announced. It will happen between the traditional bike share companies and the ones
The Forgotten Parks of D.C.
Washington D.C. is an elegant city. It is smooth and soft-spoken. It’s clean and well kept, possibly because most of the residential buildings in the city are family townhouses. Low, two, three-storey buildings spread the
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New York, The Capital Of The Parking Culture
It’s Thursday, and my car is parked on the side of the street that needs to be cleaned by the New York Department of Sanitation. The street cleaner is a small, fast-moving truck with rotating
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It’s Sunday, Time For Bagel!
Last month’s death of 94-year-old Daniel Thompson opened some old wounds and memories in New York. Up until 1960 every bagel made in the city had been a union bagel. Protecting strict Jewish tradition of
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Pizza Rat Cleaning The Subway
A little pizza rat had her few moments of glory as the star of a New York Times story on the conditions of the city subway system. New Yorkers almost started to love her. But
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Outsourcing
Last week, my internet connection became terribly slow. There were moments when it needed a full minute to open a page, or took its sweet time to download material that I needed for work. In
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Fingerprints No More
Fingerprints are no longer essential to the police or investigators to identify a suspect. It’s all about the face. A new technology – which has been developed by the American military and has served to
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From Hudson to Harlem
I am one of those privileged people who live in New York and have the chance to escape from the city on occasion. No matter how many loops a person bikes around Central Park, riding
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The World’s Capital Of Waste
How does New York – this mega city – collect trash with no dumpsters on the sidewalks? This was one of my first practical questions when I settled in the Big Apple. The answer I
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