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If you're looking for a riverfront apartment, Hoboken has those. If you're looking for an historic building that's been converted to apartments, Hoboken has those, too. Whatever you're looking for, there's a Hoboken apartment for you. Move to an apartment in Hoboken and enjoy river views , parks, historic architecture and local shopping in a truly pedestrian-friendly city. Just across the Hudson River is Manhattan Island, New York City, which you can quickly get to by car, train or ferry in roughly 10 minutes. How fantastic would it be to live in a community within just over a square mile of land and be so close to the Big Apple? One of the best things about any Hoboken apartment is that it's guaranteed to be a short walk to shops and restaurants. You' ll find specialty stores and restaurants along Washington Street, also known as Hoboken's ÒMain Street.Ó You won't find retail chain stores there, but local merchants sell all of the unique gifts an...

Did you know? In 1840, Elizabeth Blair, daughter of one of the city founders, discovered a natural spring filled with mica chips, which imparted a silvery hue. The town was named in honor of this colorful water feature . Geographic orientation : Montgomery County , Maryland Landmarks: Silver Spring Arts and Entertainment District, AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, The Fillmore, National Museum of Health and Medicine Why You'll Love This Area: Silver Spring offers a family-friendly, walkable downtown, excellent restaurants and stores and a vibrant mix of arts and entertainment. Just minutes from the nation's capital, Silver Spring is a suburban city located in Montgomery County , Maryland. It is one of the fasting growing and most diverse communities in the U.S. The boundaries of Silver Spring cover a large geographic area extending from the borders of Washington, D.C. to the south, Prince George's County to the east and Howard County to the north. The area h...

I arrived in Madrid in December 2012, in time to celebrate the bleakest Christmas the city had seen in a generation. Capital and country were reeling from a series of shocks that had brought Spain to the brink of ruin. Six months earlier, a slow- burning banking crisis had blazed out of control, forcing the government to request billions in rescue aid from its European partners. Spain was in recession and suffering an unemployment crisis that would see the jobless rate peak at 27 per cent a few months after my arrival. Reminders of the nation’s desperation were everywhere. On days when I took my son to kindergarten we would pass a long line of people — not all of them poorly dressed — waiting outside a church- run soup kitchen . Walking to my office in the morning, I would find more and more shops boarded up. Inexplicably, the tiny store that sold and repaired mechanical typewriters held out, defying both the economic downturn and technical obsolescence. Then, one day, I found that ...