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Thief River Falls, Minnesota?
Cody, Wyoming?
Guymon, Oklahoma?
Dunno, I can’t figure it out …
I say, say what?
You’re positioned directly over my apartment at the moment!
That’s lower Manhattan
Castle Clinton? Something about the way lower Manhattan is laid out, unlike the rest of it (grid style?
What a mismatched jumble of streets.
Yup, Jeremy. That’s downtown Manhattan–most definitely off the grid.
So to speak.