“We were talking on the terrace for three hours, and eight people passed by,” Ms. Polanyi said, lamenting the lack of activity. Email: thehunt@nytimes.com]In Palo Alto, “all the streets close at night,” Mr. Van den Berg said. Although far less lively than Manhattan, the island “had an almost unworldly feeling, because there’s water on both sides,” Ms. Polanyi said. Soon after, Mr. Van den Berg got a consulting job in the financial district. “I was sort of tired of these random places,” Mr. Van den Berg said.
Source: New York Times December 04, 2019 23:26 UTC