222 - Hot Takes 🔥
Last week was cold. Real cold 🥶. Dreading the deep-freeze would linger, we started drafting a newsletter full of incendiary insights to heat things up. And then it rained. It’s still raining, actually. ☔️
Undeterred, here’s a trio of hot takes to have ready for when the precipitation inevitably turns back to snow! ❄️
🌉 Blackfriars Bridge is famous and all, but have you ever walked across the pedestrian bridge just off the Maurice Chapman Walkway? This car-free crossing is easily the cooler of the two. 😎
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🚂 Our train-interrupted commutes could go a long way to chilling this city out if we only took the time in line to practice a little patience. You’ve heard of “Island Time;” why can’t we have “Railway Time?” ⏱️
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🥱 This city’s averageness is exactly what makes it so exciting. Our collective resistance to change means we’ve got a lot of entrepreneurs, artists and academics breaking new ground with a healthy disregard for what’s popular elsewhere. Inasmuch: this city is a trendsetter. 🧪
What say ye? Let us know via thelocalistyxu@gmail.com or in the comments below! 🤔
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