The other day I read that last year 58 million tourists came to New York. . . where … - Fran Lebowitz

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Fran Lebowitz

The other day I read that last year 58 million tourists came to New York. . . where a puny eight million people are trying to live. Unless they own a hotel chain, I don't think a single one of these eight million people are happy about this.

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