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Hey New York! We're Number … 49?

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Start spreading the news: Auckland is one of 48 cities around the world (five of them in the United States) with a higher “quality of life” than New York. Photo by: Joerg Mueller

A worldwide ranking of cities for quality of life suggests that New York is not even the second best locale on the East Coast. By: Jarrett Murphy

New York’s ego has suffered a few bruises in recent years. Failing in its bid for the 2012 Olympics. Watching both its former mayor and junior U.S. senator strike out in the 2008 presidential race.

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New York’s Eccentric Road Signs

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Every time a new mayor or borough president gets elected, the city pays around $350 to update each of the affected signs. Photo by: Cody Lyon

A city with as much gall as ours doesn’t wimp out, even at road signs. By: Cody Lyon

Drivers, cyclists or pedestrians traveling New York City roads, bridges and tunnels face a bewildering array of signs – 1.3 million of them in fact. There are greeting signs between the boroughs, like the one – along a Brooklyn border – saying goodbye with a dialect: “Leaving Brooklyn ‘Fuhgeddaboutit.’”