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New York was named one of the top four cities to live in by the American Foundation for the Blind the other day, and, in honor of the official bestowal of an A.F.B. Livable Community Award, there was a re-creation of the very first time a guide dog led a blind man across a street, in New York City seventy-five years ago. Livability-wise, New York ranked just behind Charlotte, Berkeley, and Kalamazoo, but it beat out La Crosse, Wisconsin, which is more impressive than it sounds: even though most non-blind New Yorkers can't imagine living anywhere else, they tend not to think of New York...
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