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Perhaps the biggest difference between zoning and deed restrictions is that deed restrictions usually go away once they have outlived their purpose. Unlike zoning, many deed restrictions come with a baked-in expiration date.

Arbitrary Lines

M. Nolan Gray

The most commonly used technique among memory athletes is the method of loci. It’s a mnemonic strategy where you form a mental image of the information you want to remember and then associate that image with a specific location on a “mental map” — a visualization of a familiar spatial environment, like your childhood home, the street by your office, or the aisles of your local grocery store.

The 2-Step "Loci Method" for Memorizing Absolutely Anything

bigthink.com

The problem was not with other places, or with the man wanting to see them, but with travel’s dehumanizing effect, which thrust him among people to whom he was forced to relate as a spectator. Chesterton believed that loving what is distant in the proper fashion—namely, from a distance—enabled a more universal connection.

The Case Against Travel

newyorker.com

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