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Piscataway: A Strong Community That Needs to Return
I have lived in Piscataway, New Jersey for most of my life. My family moved there when I was 5, purchasing our first house after living...
Cole Dawson
Feb 14, 20234 min read
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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...
zorais naroo
Jan 31, 20233 min read
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Soojung Han (TA)
Jan 31, 20231 min read
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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...
hc972
Mar 5, 20222 min read
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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...
rar299
Feb 21, 20222 min read
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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...
drm2866
Feb 18, 20222 min read
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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,...
Angelyse Cardona
Feb 18, 20222 min read
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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...
Tahj McPherson
Feb 18, 20222 min read
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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...
Tamara Bo Rabin
Feb 18, 20222 min read
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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...
AC
Feb 18, 20223 min read
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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...
John Hanson
Feb 18, 20222 min read
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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...
Idris van de Gevel
Feb 18, 20222 min read
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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...
jrr356
Feb 18, 20222 min read
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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,...
John Quinlan
Feb 18, 20222 min read
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A Colonial Modernity
Everywhere I see greatness. Everywhere I see muscular structures piercing the sky, underground monsters zigzagging, roaring, people...
my499
Feb 18, 20222 min read
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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...
sophiatimmerman
Feb 18, 20222 min read
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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...
Bianca Cammarano
Feb 18, 20222 min read
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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...
Adam Faridi
Feb 18, 20222 min read
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