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Early Addition: NYC Teens Too Busy Playing Video Games To Get Busy
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John Del Signore
Published Apr 17, 2017
Modified Apr 17, 2017
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Published Apr 17, 2017
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- NYC teens these days are too busy playing video games to do drugs or bone.
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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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