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Ziad told me the other day that his friend stopped being interested in the girl he's liked for months because she "emigrated to Abdoun" without saying goodbye. What makes a 14-year old think that a place that is 7 minutes away by car is somewhere you emigrate to? Ever notice how people live in Abdoun or Sweifieh but are from Nathif or Wihdat? Traveling from Abdoun where I live to Jabal Nathif where I work every day, makes the difference between a real community and a trendy locale abundantly clear. Abdoun is a place you live in because it's "nice", but the most exciting thing that can happen on any given day is a neighbor, who you’ve never met, walking his dog, or another having a noisy party on Thursday night. It's all very “civilized” and utterly dull.
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