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Showing posts with label tourism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tourism. Show all posts
Friday, August 23, 2024

AirBnb can be really useful sometimes

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In the past several years I've seen a number of posts attacking the company AirBnb, which is fine, but often they go further and attac...
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Saturday, September 11, 2021

People bought COVID cars for access to recreation

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Recently I wrote about the people who claimed to be "fleeing" the disease-ridden cities, but in actuality were in no more danger f...
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Sunday, June 11, 2017

Long distance coaches should carry bikes

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Someone got a bike on a Chinatown bus. Photo: Craig Lebowitz / Wikimedia. A couple of years ago I was in Penn Station and heard an announ...
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Monday, December 5, 2016

We still need more car-free weekenders

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Some years ago, I wound up arguing about congestion pricing in my local cafe with a woman I’d never met before. I said that as someone who ...
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Visit Saint George!

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Staten Island is home to beautiful parks, lovely architecture, tasty restaurants and fascinating museums. As Joby Jacob and I recently docu...
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Sunday, March 27, 2016

Visit Staten Island!

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Staten Island offers lovely architecture, beautiful parks and fascinating museums. Thousands of tourists set foot on the island on warm sun...
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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Civilized walks

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Last week I wrote about two self-propelled travel memoirs, and how the travelers seem to have spent almost as much time being driven around...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Walking in our National Parks

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Chuck Marohn has a nice piece about the roads in our National Parks and how they provide a good template for " country roads " - ...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Walking down country lanes

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This is an expanded version of a post from January 11, 2009. In many parts of the world it's common for people to walk a lot. Sometim...
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