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  "path": "/better-off-without-one/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-05T12:53:11.000Z",
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    "100 Word Story: The First Friday of Each Month",
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  "textContent": "The elevator in my South Bronx apartment building worked as often as a spoiled child. Then, one day, on the sixth-floor landing, someone held a fashion show; on the fourth, someone installed a disco; on the third, movies played, drinks were served.\n\nTenants organized street fairs. The drug dealers relocated. The cops, who had their hands full, now slept in their cars. The building became a tourist attraction. The landlord charged non-residents to enter.\n\nThen one day, he fixed the elevator.\n\nThe professionals moved in. Fancy stores opened.\n\nThe rents were raised.\n\nAnd just like that, the party was over.\n\nThe post Better Off Without One appeared first on NYCTastemakers.",
  "title": "Better Off Without One"
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