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Following the gentle voice of my GPS navigator, I turn off the highway onto the narrow, winding streets to the edge of New Bedford’s historic downtown. Retrieving a camera and clipboard from my car, I feed the meter and set off to explore Herman Melville’s old stomping grounds.
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Hollander, J.B. (2018). How Much Change Is Too Much: A Look at the Numbers. In: An Ordinary City. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60705-4_4
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