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New York City has always been No. 1 — but a lot is changing

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19.02.2026

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New York City has always been No. 1 — but a lot is changing

A telling of city dwelling

New York. One big gridlock. World’s greatest city. Place where you’d love to park — but can’t.

Traffic signs say: No stopping, no standing, no parking, no kidding.

Anybody in NY who speaks good English must be a foreigner. Anybody who doesn’t speak English at all is a cab driver.

America is lighting a candle for its 250th birthday soon. I’m lighting one for its beginning.

Back then men wore bloomers — as did women. Men wore stylized hairpieces, which you can see today on TV. All such habits when our land was originally inhabited thousands of years ago, I’m not sure. l didn’t show up until weeks later.

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