John Metcalfe
John Metcalfe is a staff writer at The Atlantic Cities.
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Why You Shouldn't Let Your Dog Pee on Trees
An investigation of how canine urine contributes to urban plant death.
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Videos
Watch Isaac Creep Up on New Orleans, From Space
This space-based footage shows Hurricane Isaac swelling from a tropical storm into full-blown Category 1 hurricane earlier today.
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Maps
A Map of All the World's Hurricanes Since 1851
Here's a quite different way of looking at the history of tropical storms.
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Videos
The Path of Tropical Storm Isaac: Will the GOP Get Drenched?
An update on the chances that an awful lot of comb-overs could get blown to smithereens.
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Democracy in America
This Week in Bans: The English and Their 'Extreme' Dog Dancing
Also, Oklahoma City outlaws Michigan sportswear and a face-kicking preacher is turned away from the U.K.
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Restaurant Located Deep in a Finnish Mine Is Totally Booked (Of Course)
Diners at this "pop-down" kitchen near Helsinki can nosh on "friction-smoked whitefish" more than 260 feet underground.
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Can Altering a Stoplight's Yellow Signal Help Save Lives?
Take a trip to the "dilemma zone," the strip of road where auto accidents are born.
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Maps
The Rudest City in America? It's Buffalo, Jerkface
You're more likely to get an "F--- you" than a "Good morning" in Buffalo, according to a survey of potty-mouthed Twitter users.
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Videos
Making Hurricanes With Miami's Thunderous 'Wall of Wind'
This is the only fan in America that can recreate the terrible conditions of a Category 5 hurricane.
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Photos
A Train Station Inspired By Natural Growth and Decay
Credit this architect for building a transportation hub that looks like it'd eat you alive.
