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Old Posted May 28, 2021, 5:09 PM
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The City’s Back, and You No Longer Have It to Yourself
By Charles Passy
May 28, 2021 10:15 am ET

During New York City’s lockdown, Richard Gowan, a 42-year-old resident of Brooklyn, N.Y., took solace in the fact that the streets were blissfully quiet. “You felt like you could hear the birds singing,” he recalls.

When he was recently on a bus stuck in a traffic jam, he realized those days are gone. Even the 7-year-old New Yorker next to him knew it. “New York is coming back to New York,” his daughter, Ivy Barrette-Gowan, remarked.

New York City, like most of America, is reopening. That means a joyous release from seclusion back into public spaces—and all the crowds, noise and annoyances that come with the return. For big city residents—especially those who stayed put when many of their neighbors left for more space—that means readjusting to sharing spaces that once felt almost private . . . .
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cit...hp_featst_pos5
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