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Big cities are all alike – it’s in New Jersey’s small towns that you feel like you’re really travelling

23 June 2018

9:00 AM

23 June 2018

9:00 AM

When my American friends invited us to stay with them in New Jersey, my 13-year-old daughter was thrilled. She’d never been to the States before, and she couldn’t wait to see Manhattan. I had to break the news to her that there were no skyscrapers where we’d be staying. Plainfield, New Jersey, is an easy commute from New York City, but it feels like a world away.

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