I am an avid subscriber to a lot of magazines, and one of my favorites is New York Magazine.

There are a lot of interesting news pieces in it, written very thoughtfully. I’m just now getting around to reading the “Best of New York” issue from a few weeks ago—it’s busy around here—and I read the piece called “Is San Francisco New York?” with a lot of interest, and see some parallels in the way New Orleans is blowing up these days economically, especially in real estate.

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