said one longtime resident on the changes:

“i’ve lived in my rent-controlled apartment for years and pay $115 a month. i live on the lower east side. the young kids who just moved in upstairs and pay $700 a month for the same space — they live in the east village.”

shack ¦ nyc
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are you boyslife?
are you boyslife?
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ps - beyoncé is now on tumblr!
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old chum
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last night was mega millions
and nobody picked the winning #s
so now it’s up to $476 $540 $640 million.
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like joji says,
treat yo self.
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“someone once told me that your ability to survive in los angeles is based on a very simple formula. you need to get into bed at night and be able to hold what you’ve done that day up against your dreams and feel like they match up, and you need to be getting laid. if you lack one, or worse, both of those things, you have every right to get back on the freeway and leave.”

- some notes on la
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ps – come to nyc!  we don’t give a shit that you’re not getting laid.
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refinery29
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we ride the subway
sleuthing, scoping, and staring.
forever in love.
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5 year diary
tamara shopsin
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5 great things that happened last night:

1...went to an iconic steakhouse with the unsinkable molly jane.
2...hung out backstage during the live taping of this annual event.
3...laughed the loudest when they announced best in show.
4...got likened to this actress by some serious bollywooders.
5...discovered tamara’s 5 year diary (a must for any listmaker).

selected works
greg eason
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i’ve got a bookstore crush
on the staff recs @ word
i mean, zombies in manhattan?
you had me @ whaaaa? ohno!

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1...the air around these parts is starting to feel crazynice.
2...the williamsburg bridge photographs like a fiesta.
3...i have dinner plans . . . in brooklyn.

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chinatown / morningside heights / queens
amy ruth marsh

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coney island c. 1888
brooklyn museum

sometimes i’m like, woah.
this is real. like, real life. shit!
a lot blows my mind . . .