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| Is there any possible way we can use the following reference as narrowly as possible, simply and only to support K-Town's live-in-real-time, done-deal leap eastward over 5th and toward Madison? | |||
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| :::My only concern is, as you said in the edit summary, that published sources often lag behind urban reality, and it could be (quite) a long time before the usual pre-eminent sources acknowledge this. Best, ] (]) 20:03, 18 April 2015 (UTC) | |||
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Koreatown, Manhattan
Is there any possible way we can use the following reference as narrowly as possible, simply and only to support K-Town's live-in-real-time, done-deal leap eastward over 5th and toward Madison?
- My only concern is, as you said in the edit summary, that published sources often lag behind urban reality, and it could be (quite) a long time before the usual pre-eminent sources acknowledge this. Best, Castncoot (talk) 20:03, 18 April 2015 (UTC)