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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Cryptic clues at the scene of the UnitedHealthcare CEO's murder have people talking about a 2010 book scrutinizing the insurance industry. Here's what it says.

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bullet casings at a crime scene
Police are searching for the man who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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Brian Thompson didn't seem to have a bodyguard, and that surprises corporate security consultants

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Police inspect the Brian Thompson murder scene
Police inspect the scene where insurance executive Brian Thompson was killed in Manhattan in November 2024.

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Police found cryptic notes on the shell casings from UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killing

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Police inspect the Brian Thompson murder scene
Police inspecting the scene of the insurance executive Brian Thompson's killing in Manhattan.

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The 10 most fun cities in the US, ranked

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A view from the top of Lombard Street in San Francisco.
San Francisco was ranked the seventh most fun city in the US.

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