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Conor Friedersdorf - Conor Friedersdorf is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he focuses on politics and national affairs. He lives in Venice, California, and is the founding editor of The Best of Journalism, a newsletter devoted to exceptional nonfiction.

What America Looks Like: Hoboken, New Jersey

By Conor Friedersdorf
May 27 2011, 2:30 PM ET Comment

The United States as seen by its residents

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"With the Empire State Building and the skyline of New York behind him, a man performs a trick on his skateboard at a skate park in Hoboken, New Jersey."

Previously in this series: Venice Beach, California. Western Georgia. Cincinnati, Ohio.  Birmingham, Alabama. Clarksdale, Mississippi. New York, New York. The border between Arizona and Nevada. Detroit, Michigan. Key West, Florida. Portland, Oregon. Boston, Massachusetts. Austin, Texas. Nashville, Tennessee. Santa Fe, New Mexico. Seattle, Washington. Portland, Maine. Yokena, Mississippi. Smyrna, Georgia. Vicksburg, Mississippi. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Image credit: Gary Hershorn/Reuters



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