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smirkymonkey

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4. That's one of my favorite Onion articles.

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Wed Sep 9, 2015, 12:38 AM

Sep 2015

I posted it when I left NYC for Boston, kind of as a loving farewell. I really love NY, but it's just a tough place to live unless you make a shit ton of money.

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