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The Most NYC Thing Possible… Except You’re Not Allowed to Be There

There is something almost poetic about the idea of a ball drop in New York City. It carries weight. It carries symbolism. It carries that very specific kind of chaotic, electric energy that only NYC can produce. You think of crowds packed shoulder to shoulder, people yelling, laughing, counting down together, strangers becoming temporary neighborsContinue reading “The Most NYC Thing Possible… Except You’re Not Allowed to Be There”

The Madman Behind the Trash: New York’s Psychotic War on Garbage and Rats

There has to be a madman behind New York City’s garbage rules. Not a bureaucrat. Not a policy maker. A madman. Someone sitting in an office, pounding their fists on a table, drawing up flowcharts of when, how, and where the garbage should be placed, as if the fate of civilization depended on the preciseContinue reading “The Madman Behind the Trash: New York’s Psychotic War on Garbage and Rats”