Forget booking a sightseeing tour. I lived in New York for 20 years, and this $4.50 ferry is the best way to see the city.

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A NYC Ferry traveling on the East River with the Manhattan Bridge and skyscrapers in the background.
As a longtime local, I think the NYC commuter ferry is the best way to sightsee in the city.

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NYC tech workers feel 'politically homeless.' They think abundance ideology is the answer.

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Laurence Pevsner, a research partner at Lux Capital, speaks at the firm's Tech For Abundance event in Manhattan on August 6.
Tech workers like Lux Capital's Laurence Pevsner want to counter big issues in New York City with an abundance mindset.

Travis Carr

I was paid $10,000 to move from New York to Oklahoma. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I've fallen in love with my new home.

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A park with a bridge, trees, and the Tulsa skyline in the background.
I was paid $10,000 to move to Oklahoma as part of the Tulsa Remote program.

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I'm a CEO who felt overwhelmed by life and work. I thought an executive assistant would fix things but I was wrong — here's what worked instead.

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A man with dark hair and a short sleeve polo standing on a rooftop looking off to the side. A sunset skyline with buildings is in the background
Noah Greenberg took control of his calendar and life by introducing calendar mapping to his routine.

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I spent 8 years living in big cities on the East Coast before realizing my ideal home was the smaller one where I grew up

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A woman smiling and posing with her arms up at the High Falls in Rochester, New York. She's wearing a green long-sleeved sweater.
I spent years living in major East Coast cities, and now I'm back in my hometown of Rochester, New York.

Emma Guillen

As a New York City local, there are 5 things I wish tourists would stop doing when they visit

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Empty crosswalk in New York City
I've seen tourists make a lot of the same mistakes when they visit New York City.

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Crashed Hudson River helicopter had no flight recorders and went down on its eighth flight of the day: NTSB

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Crashed helicopter floats in the Hudson River upside down
The helicopter crashed into the Hudson River near lower Manhattan on April 10, 2025.

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I grew up poor and now make $150K in tech. Prioritizing myself allowed me to give back to my parents and family.

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a family of five poses around a dinner table
Viviana Vazquez, middle, and her family.

Viviana Vazquez

I grew up poor and now make $150K in tech. Prioritizing myself allowed me to give back to my parents and family.

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a family of five poses around a dinner table
Viviana Vazquez, middle, and her family.

Viviana Vazquez

Sorry, rich New Yorkers — there's no more legal black market for restaurant reservations

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Ardesia, a wine bar in NYC, photographed in 2022.
A new crackdown on third-party reservation vendors is an effort to democratize New York's restaurant scene.

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