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UNDER:Us
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.