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New York-Where concrete dreams are made of!

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April 27th 2010
I can't believe it took me this long to come here! What a fan-freakin'tastic place! We got in from our piece of crap Continental Airlines red-eye from Seattle to Newark at 630 EST and proceeded to miss our first train into the city. A word on New Jersey--it is one of the ugliest, dirtiest, depressing, decrepit, festering places I have ever been. It literally is a swamp filled with garbage. If I h ... read more

North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more