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Map of the Day
Old New York City map. More here.
Map of the Day
Filed under: Economics and Business, United States | Tags: Maps!, New York
Leave a Comment What hundreds of millions of 311 calls reveal about New York:
Wired has a whole article about them.
Map of the Day
Andrew Sullivan has the quick-hit summary. Matthew Yglesias puts it in the context of abstract global capitalism:
Presumably “I should be allowed to murder this Bangladeshi man and steal his money for profit” is not a free market position. Presumably “I should be allowed to steal this Bangladeshi man’s land and sell it for profit” is not a free market position. Nor is “I should be allowed to have my cattle eat this Bangladeshi man’s grass and then sell it for profit” a free market position. I don’t think “I should be allowed to cut costs by dumping the toxic waste byproducts from my family on this Bangladeshi man’s agricultural land” makes a ton of sense as a free market position.
Better City Maps
A mapping firm uses typography as the sole visual cue in its city-maps.
