Word: suburbanity
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...what people wear, we are trying to see who they are.”AMAZIN’ AZNSLee is directing the “Golden Ghetto” segment of the show, which highlights the so-called “Azn” subculture of predominantly Asian-American suburban communities. The “Chinatowns” segment, directed by Gunawan, explores the lives of ordinary people living in American Chinatowns. “Nathan and I went to the Garment District to look for clothes, and we’d ask ourselves questions like, ‘Is this...
...Take a day in the life of Wong Kam-hung, a 38-year-old Hong Kong buyer of plastic goods. He's at the office by 8 a.m., leaves between 12 and 13 hours later, and gets back to his high-rise suburban apartment at around 10 p.m. His four kids-one is 11, one is 5 and there are 2-year-old twins-are in bed by 11 at the latest, leaving him one hour to spend with them if he's lucky. At the same time as seeing to them, an exhausted Wong also tries to relax...
...becoming ubiquitous. Google and Earthlink have a deal in place to supply all of San Francisco with free wireless Internet access. Philadelphia, Anaheim, Calif., and Madison, Wis., already have it, as do dozens of other cities and towns. Within 10 years, most of urban and suburban America will be bathed in free wi-fi service. Airlines are expected to fire up in-flight wi-fi in the next 12 months...
Japan is a trainspotter's paradise. From the 12 separate metro lines that twist beneath Tokyo like a bowl of noodles to the suburban commuter trains packed to bursting every morning and evening, the country runs on rails. In 2005, Japanese traveled 243 billion miles by railroad - nearly 1,900 miles per person. And 49 billion of those miles were covered by the shinkansen, the super-fast bullet trains that make intercity travel as simple as a subway hop. If all you've ever known is the slow torture of Amtrak, you won't believe trains that reach...
...Since Katrina, weapons sales at Jefferson Gun Outlet in suburban Metairie are up about 40%, says the store's owner, Mike Mayer. And it's not the usual gun hobbyists that are buying. "They're not gun aficionados," Mayer says. "They're just doing it because they feel they have...