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January 22nd, 2009

The timely death of a black wrapper

I can’t remem­ber a worse year than 2009. Every news­mon­ger has told me how bad it will be before it even started. The world econ­omy has expired like an untied fes­tive bal­loon. Envi­ron­men­tal issues are threat­en­ing civ­i­liza­tion. What can improve the sta­tus quo?

I spend most of my time in Lon­don, which is an infer­nally dif­fi­cult city to sur­vive in. Travel dif­fi­cul­ties, hous­ing costs, and pop­u­la­tion den­sity are a few of the chal­lenges that Lon­don­ers endure every day. But the pain is off­set by the cul­tural and eth­nic diver­sity, which makes this heav­ing metrop­o­lis one of the most fas­ci­nat­ing cities on the planet.