John Metcalfe
John Metcalfe is a staff writer at The Atlantic Cities.
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Democracy in America
Preachers Exiled from Bourbon Street: This Week in Bans
Also, daddies are forbidden to dance with daughters in Rhode Island and doggy-steroid doping becomes illegal in Tucson.
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A Fully Hermetic Motorcycle for Safe Urban Riding
It's like riding inside the Popemobile, but less cool.
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Artist Builds Living Room Atop Towering NYC Statue
Tatzu Nishi’s “Discovering Columbus” is mounted six stories up in Columbus Circle.
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This $1299 Electric Skateboard Kind of Misses the Point
The "world's lightest electric vehicle" has the backing of Stanford engineers. But is it really skating?
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Toilet Tuesday
Hotel Allows Bathroom Users to Flash New York City
Also, a flatulent doll teaches South Koreans to poop and dinosaur commodes rumble into New Zealand.
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Maps
Mapping the Mysterious Cave Network Under Nottingham
Researchers are creating the first 3-D map of the city's hundreds of manmade caverns.
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Videos
Mushroom Cloud Appears Over Oklahoma
One would expect Ponca City to be leveled after this colossal transformer explosion. But life goes on.
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Man Wants To Beautify New York With Dumpster Gardens
Rubbish-bin gardens for the concrete jungle that is New York.
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Videos
A Missile Trail Can Be Quite Beautiful
Las Vegas and Phoenix were treated to a rare atmospheric lightshow on Thursday morning.
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Videos
Maybe Apple Should Use This Incredible Burglary to Advertise the iPhone 5
Nothing says "hot product" more than a pack of burglars smashing a car into an Apple store.
