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SOCIAL DISTANCE: AN EXERCISE IN LISTENING

Social distance is different in an apartment house. Shared walls and floors work the same, but the sound travels. Keeping out of circulation is the rule of the day, but the sound in apartments is constant. Sometimes I miss my old apartment, but then remember how it was.

NEW YORK CITY 1980: HOW TO QUIT A GREAT TOWN

    New York City is easy to quit. Get on a bus, train, or plane and leave. Go ahead and be a quitter.   Except moving on isn’t the same as quitting. You got promoted and the new job wasn’t in New York City? You’re significant other got promoted and their new job wasn’t […]