Blame rising costs, shrunken crowds and a black-market permit trade. Chicken over rice costs $10 at the Halal Plates, a cart in Lower Manhattan, up from $6 prepandemic.
Category: vis-design
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It Took 10 Years to Grow This Christmas Tree. The Price? $105
Amid wild cost fluctuations and extreme weather conditions, a small army of workers toiled for years at Wyckoff’s Christmas Tree Farm in Belvidere, N.J. The goal? Producing this year’s crop, including this seven-foot Norway Spruce, which is sold for $105.
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Taboo but True: Readers Share How Money Affects Relationships
Readers share how money affected their relationships
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Getting Dressed with Beenslackin
On the streets, in the piercer’s chair, and amidst piles of clothes with the silhouette king of downtown New York.
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The Rise of Tech, According to Sandra Bullock Movies
A completely correct theory, in which one of our greatest movie stars reveals humanity’s changing relationship to modernity.
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For Young Arab Americans in Michigan, the Hookah Lounge Feels like Home
A new generation of immigrants, refugees and their descendants is finding a sense of connection and community around the shisha pipe.
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In Guatemala, A Collective of Young Artists Finds Family Through Film
The members of the Desobediencia Perfecta film production house did not see themselves reflected on screen. So they decided to create a space to tell stories of their own.
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On a Caribbean Island, Young People Find Freedom in ‘Bike Life’
Cabrage, a kind of rodeo on wheels, offers riders exhilarating thrills and a deep sense of camaraderie in Fort-de-France, Martinique.
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The Dad Canon (Circa Now)
Our highly specific, clearly subjective taxonomy of what today’s dads can’t stop wearing, reading, and talking about.
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At This Texas Campus Ministry, ‘Inclusive Love’ Is the Mission
Students at the University of Texas in Austin have found a safe haven at the Texas Wesley, a Methodist group whose doors are open to all.