Just Over the Patapsco
Just over the Patapsco, once you leave Baltimore county and enter Howard, hope grows. With rich schools, high property values, and...
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SEEING THE CITY: 2024
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Soojung Han (TA)
Jan 30, 20231 min read
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hc972
Mar 5, 20222 min read
Existing on a Trivial Margin
I do not have many unique stories regarding my hometown, Laixi, to tell. I grew up in a semi-rural, mid-sized town, Laixi, in Shandong...
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rar299
Feb 21, 20222 min read
West Side Stamford CT
Stamford Connecticut Early on I lived in one of the few urban areas in Connecticut. Stamford, Connecticut was not a pretty place in the...
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drm2866
Feb 18, 20222 min read
My Nations Capital
Ottawa, Ontario is the place that I grew up and although I have lived in other provinces and now Ithaca, Ottawa will always be the place...
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Angelyse Cardona
Feb 18, 20222 min read
City in a Different Era
I grew up in a military family, constantly moving from one place to the next. A few years ago, my father was stationed in Quantico,...
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Tahj McPherson
Feb 18, 20222 min read
An Everlasting Beauty
Tall, dark, and mysterious- always enchanting her next victim. She is unlike any other. Luring in people from all walks of life with her...
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Tamara Bo Rabin
Feb 17, 20222 min read
New York City: Just 20 Minutes Away
City skyline from Route 17 South in Ramsey, NJ (Fall 2022) I'm from a small suburban town in New Jersey about 20 minutes away from New...
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jmh625
Feb 17, 20222 min read
The 6
Toronto, Ontario. A place I was lucky enough to call home for over 5 years and a place that is now just over an hour away from my home....
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AC
Feb 17, 20223 min read
Teenage Retiree
The smell of fresh brew whenever I step off of the airbridge at YVR. The forever crystal blue skyline and temperate shores. The mild rain...
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John Hanson
Feb 17, 20222 min read
San Francisco and the Car
I live in Redwood City, a suburb roughly 30 minutes by car from San Francisco. Like many other residents of the Bay Area’s suburban...
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bx44
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Temples
Walking down the streets to Ginza, I stumbled upon a little temple on the side of the road. This isn’t my usual path, but I felt a...
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Idris van de Gevel
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Thinking about New York culture
Since coming to Cornell, I've come to realize how much living in Brooklyn has shaped me. I can't stop myself from walking twice as fast...
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jrr356
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Staten Island: The Forgotten Borough
By: John Raimonda Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Commonly dubbed the Forgotten Borough, Staten Island is...
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John Quinlan
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Menlo Park
Menlo Park is a peaceful, walkable suburb about an hour south of San Francisco that borders Stanford. I have lived there my whole life,...
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my499
Feb 17, 20222 min read
A Colonial Modernity
Everywhere I see greatness. Everywhere I see muscular structures piercing the sky, underground monsters zigzagging, roaring, people...
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sophiatimmerman
Feb 17, 20222 min read
From Farm to Suburbs to Downtown
I come from a farming family. All I have ever known is agriculture. Both of my parents are fourth-generation farmers. I was raised to...
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Bianca Cammarano
Feb 17, 20222 min read
The Idyllic City
Did you know you can miss a place as much as you miss a person? Occasionally, on a quiet day in Ithaca or New Jersey, my heart is...
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Adam Faridi
Feb 17, 20222 min read
My Second Nationality - Tėtouan, Morocco
Most people see Morocco as being a boring desert nation with one big city named after the movie "Casablanca." And even from the most...
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Asher Cai
Feb 17, 20222 min read
China's Upper East Side & Times Square
I had been living in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China for the past eighteen years. However, the two only Nanjing districts that I am familiar with...
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Arturo Escobar
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