Three California cities made the list of the worst places to live

June 28, 2017

California is one of the richest States, which became home to a record number of wealthy Americans. But, unfortunately, Golden state is the reverse — unemployment, poverty, a critical shortage of affordable housing and high crime rates. Of course, these problems are not peculiar to all human settlements, but in some cities they are particularly acute. In particular, San Bernardino, Stockton and Merced made the list of the worst places…

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In San Francisco the homeless will be accommodated on a cruise ship

June 28, 2017

Greg Gopman, a businessman from San Franciscowho once worked at Twitter, wants to put homeless residents in the old cruise ship. Such a proposal he made to the authorities of the city. The project involves the purchase of a vessel worth $ 13 million, which, according to Hopman previously has been especially equipped for the accommodation of refugees and the subsequent transfer to the homeless of the city. If this…

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Study: drivers in Sacramento — the worst in the USA

June 28, 2017

Traffic in all major cities is poor. This is understandable – when a lot of people, there will always be a lot of cars. And considering that not all drive carefully and according to the rules, the ride to work may not always end as planned. But where live the worst drivers in the US? This question is answered web resource QuoteWizard. According to the rating of the worst of…

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Legendary words «WATCHTOWER» in Brooklyn will be dismantled

June 27, 2017

To the chagrin of many new Yorkers, Brooklyn will have to say goodbye to one of its main historical attractions that says «Watchtower», located on the former headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The export permit of the sign gave the building Department. The further fate of the inscription is not yet known. About a year ago, Columbia Heights Associates (in collaboration with Kushner, CIM Group and LIVWRK) purchased the building the»Watchtower»,…

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Free series of film screenings will take place on the beach in Coney island

June 27, 2017

Summer in new York becomes a city of cinema, but not all the shows under the open sky are one of the best beaches of the city. Last week, the Alliance for Coney Island announces its seventh annual series of screenings of Flicks on the Beach. Organizers note that this year’s lineup is more exciting than a trip on ride the Cyclone. The screenings will be held at 7 PM…

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The South Ferry station opens 5 years after hurricane sandy

June 27, 2017

Today, subway station, South Ferry, five years after it was hit by hurricane sandy. In October 2012 the station was flooded 15 million gallons of salt water and sewage, from the ways to the entrance. The water has destroyed all electrical and mechanical systems at the station, which at that time was only two years old.   Flooded escalator in the South Ferry station after hurricane sandy, source: flickr In…

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Unknown new York: journey to the XIX century (Part 1)

June 27, 2017

Lower Manhattan is the southern part of the main island of new York city. The first European settlement in this part of the present metropolis was founded by the Dutch in 1626. In the beginning of XX century it was intensively built up, however, this does not mean that the prints of the XIX century, was completely razed to the Big Apple. On the stretch from Battery Park to Madison…

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Ukraine and Russia attacks computer virus infected hundreds of companies

June 27, 2017

Virus-extortionist today, June 27, attacked the computer systems of Ukraine and Russia. About the attacks in the United States is not reported. The national Bank of Ukraine has warned banks and other participants in the financial sector about the ongoing attack for several Ukrainian banks, as well as some commercial enterprises and public sectors.«As a result of these attacks, these banks have experienced difficulties with customer service and banking operations»,…

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Uber driver arrested for rape of a drunk passenger

June 27, 2017

Police in Los Angeles arrested a 46-year-old driver of Uber – Alaric Spence, who took advantage of the fact that his 24-year-old passenger was drunk, swerved out of the way and exposed her to sexual violence. It happened last Friday, June 23. That night, at about 03:00, Spence responded to a call in the Central part of the city. But instead to take a girl home to Hollywood, the driver…

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Former new York mayor Bloomberg will provide 200 million US cities

June 27, 2017

Former new York mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a program to Finance innovation and development of cities in the United States cost 200 million dollars. As reported by the New York Times, the Bloomberg initiative «of the American city» will be funded from his personal fortune. The program will focus on the introduction of innovations at the municipal level, paying special attention to the problems of climate change, violence with weapons,…

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