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Subway ridership is at its highest levels since the 1940s. (Photos by Arman Dzidzovic/New York Observer.)

The Social Commute: How the Big Schlep Is Changing the Way New Yorkers Live

As New York has transformed into an exceedingly safe and exceedingly expensive place to live over the past two decades, it’s not only the crime and the pervasive decay that have fallen away, but the close proximity, creating a social commute that echoes and exacerbates the work commute.
By Kim Velsey
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Today, Bitly introduced its new Media Map: an interactive, real-time data visualization that illustrates the popularity of forty different news organizations across
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