Matt Stevens

From: San Diego

Beat: General assignment and the entrepreneur Andrew Yang

When I was in Concord, N.H., in the spring, I attended a campaign event at a new neighborhood coffee shop. I ended up staying there to finish my story and got so engrossed I failed to realize the coffee shop had closed while I was working. The kind owner and staff let me keep chugging along — and didn’t say a word.

I was embarrassed when I realized what had happened, but also super thankful. So when I was in Concord again months later, I made sure to return to the same coffee shop. The staff remembered me. Now I feel as though I have a favorite coffee shop in Concord — even though I can’t say the same for my neighborhood in New York.

Produced by Andrew Sondern.

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