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Chinese Millennials Sound Like the Freaking Worst!
Hamilton Nolan · 08/14/15 09:30AMThe Only Three Non-Gentrifying Neighborhoods in New York City
Hamilton Nolan · 06/08/15 11:45AMAre You a Mad Men Superfan? Take Our Quiz!
Alex Pareene · 05/18/15 12:40PMThe critically acclaimed AMC original series Mad Men ended its run last night after seven seasons and 92 episodes of prestige period drama. Creator Matthew Weiner’s ode to the advertising industry in the middle of the 20th century was one of the most talked-about shows of the last decade, with each episode lovingly (and sometimes not-so-lovingly) dissected by a dedicated army of recappers, reviewers and television critics.
Advertising Will Take Us to the Mountaintop
Hamilton Nolan · 04/06/15 08:47AMEveryone's Incomes Went Down Last Year, Except the Richest
Hamilton Nolan · 04/03/15 11:30AMAffordable Housing vs. Dystopian Walled Cities of the Future
Hamilton Nolan · 03/18/15 12:17PMNew York State, Ever Less Important, Now Trails Florida in Population
Tom Scocca · 12/23/14 02:37PMThe United States Census Bureau announced today that the State of New York, which had been the nation's third most populous state, has now slipped to fourth place, behind Florida. In the 12 months ending July 1, 2014, the Sunshine State gained 293,000 new inhabitants, while New York added a meager 51,000.
Where Inequality, Poverty, and Geography Meet
Hamilton Nolan · 11/19/14 02:21PMThe Breathtaking Cynicism of the Mia Love Lovefest
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Cities Still Kicking Suburbs' Ass
Hamilton Nolan · 05/22/14 08:11AMDavos Attendees Statistically Shown to Be World's Worst Demographic
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Most Households Bizarrely Still Have a Landline
Hamilton Nolan · 09/06/13 08:55AMIn the olden days, in order to make a phone call to someone farther than shouting distance, you had to stand in one place and speak into a receiver wired to a wall, and if someone called you, you had to dash from wherever you were to wherever the phone was anchored. Most people still do this, apparently??
Post-Recession, Millions More Kids Have an Unemployed Parent
Hamilton Nolan · 08/28/13 12:46PMThe Broke European Countries Aren't Having Babies
Hamilton Nolan · 07/26/13 02:52PMGoofus—the European countries that spent like drunken sailors and then saw everything evaporate in the recession— is so depressed he can't even get around to having a baby. But Gallant— the countries that were relative models of fiscal rectitude— has no trouble making babies, if you know what we mean.
Weep, Weep, for White America Is Dying
Hamilton Nolan · 06/13/13 09:07AMAllow a single tear to trickle down your cheek and drop onto the sleeve of your pale yellow golf shirt, fellow white Americans, for the day that we feared has come. I'm not talking about the cancellation of the U.S. Open, though that is certainly a blow for whites. I'm talking about the very death of our proud but pale race.