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Survival Of The Streets

New York City’s comeback has been an odd thing to watch from afar. When I moved out of Manhattan in 1990, the city was every inch the pee-smelling woe zone I’d known since childhood.

av Sam McPheeters, Christy Karacas

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Vanity Fair

One key difference between the 70s and today is that in the 70s the tourists looked scared. Getting back to the hotel alive was one of the main items on their checklists. Now they beam as if they find everything on display cute and flaunt their bulging shopping bags like hunting trophies… In the 70s there was a much sharper divide between Us… and Everybody Else.

Really, I much prefer rubble.

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