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soupsoup:

stoopdoc:

One way to know whether you have become a true New Yorker: do you stand at just the right subway car door? If you get on at the perfect spot, you’ll get off at the spot nearest the exit you want.

For some reason, I especially loved this part:

He persuaded his sister, Ashley Wegener, 29, to join him for 10 weeks in traveling to every station in the city to map the car doors, exits and hours of operation. “We did a leisurely lunch in a different neighborhood every day,” he said. “All over Queens, the food is amazing.”