#Andreas Komodromos

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Golden sunset - Lower Manhattan, New York City by Andreas Komodromos

[every-bad-thing]

You’re Very Good Real Estate

(Ammodramus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons) It happens every full moon. You begin to transform. Your flesh turns into wood, metal and stone. You grow many, many times your size. And your body stretches and warps until you achieve your final, horrid form: a house. Specifically, a split level ranch home, painted brown, 3 beds, 2 baths, open plan kitchen and a spacious master bedroom, with generous closets. Overall, very nice, except for some minor water damage in the ceiling. That is, if you were planning to live there, not be the actual house. Unfortunately, that's what you become.

When your transformation is complete, you tear through the night and terrorize the town, lost in an animistic haze. Every so often, as you rush this way and that, you turn to the moon and make a mournful howl, your front door flapping open in the night. You devour pets, livestock and other animals, eating them whole. Occasionally you do the same to an unlucky traveler, silently stalking them through the woods until, suddenly, you pounce on their fragile bodies and force them through your front door. Sometimes you're spotted by police, and they take out their guns and shoot, but the bullets don't really do much because, well, you're a house.

You can't help any of it. When the full moon rises, your mind becomes someone else, something else, and you lose all control. You become a predator, a monster in the night, a threat to both life and local property values. When the morning comes, you always wake up at the end of some cu-de-sac, sick to your stomach with only vague memories of what you did. Your body is always covered in bruises and cuts and, if the night went particularly horrific, blood. All you can do at that point is go home and try your best to not think about the carnage you wrecked.

The rest of your time is spent in a desperate search for the mid-century brownstone that made you like this. You'd been wandering the moors on a clear, cold night, when it attacked you. You fought and struggled and barely got away alive. You tried to put the incident behind you, but the next full moon you discovered the terrible curse it left you. An old realtor, wise in the mystic lore of fixed property assets, explained that if you can destroy the house that did this to you, the enchantment will be lifted and your torment will end.

But that was years ago. You have searched far and wide, from cities to suburbs to exurbs to the distant country but there has been no sign of your foe. You tell people you're looking for a mid-century brownstone with a wide stoop and convenient rooftop access, but they all tell you that, in this market, such a thing will be very tough to find. They're right. You look through listing after listing, explore neighborhood after neighborhood, attend every open house you can, but you never find it. House hunting is hard enough as it is--when the home you're looking for can turn into a person, you find, it's pretty much impossible.

And so you increasingly resign yourself to life as a werehouse.

( "Brownstone (red escape) - Manhattan, New York City" by Andreas Komodromos is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0. )

[just-wanna-travel]

New York City, New York, USA

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West Chelsea Cityscape - Manhattan, New York City by Andreas Komodromos Via Flickr: Late afternoon view of the West Chelsea Historic District by 10th Avenue, in Manhattan. The High Line Hotel is center left (by the trees with lights) and the Google HQ building in in the back left corner. More New York City Photography: - New Yorkers - People in the City. - New York City Street Photography - The Manhattan Skyline Collection - On The High Line in New York City

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Xena - Limassol, Cyprus by Andreas Komodromos Xena resting after a day of exploration and playtime. Photos of Xena Cat Collection Andreas Komodromos Photostream https://flic.kr/p/4K1U9G

[theuserformerlyknownas778]

Casual Ripley - New York City by Andreas Komodromos https://flic.kr/p/f2dcCZ

[chillypepperhothothot]

I am curious, green - Ripley's close-up #5 by Andreas Komodromos on Flickr.

[wanderlusting-forever]

New York City, New York Andreas Komodromos | Flickr

[innewswetrust]

" No Motor Vehicles " by Andreas Komodromos, used under CC BY SA Tilt-shift from original

[akata-u]

Night View - Manhattan, New York City by Andreas Komodromos View from the Rockefeller center, with the Empire State Building lit up in red, white and blue. The Manhattan Skyline Collection Andreas Komodromos Photostream https://flic.kr/p/VsZyVw

[nyandreasphotography]

Central Park (Springtime) in New York City by Andreas Komodromos

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International Visitors to U.S. This Year Expected to Break Record After Data Glitch Fix

The U.S. Department of Commerce predicts a cheery outlook for international arrivals to the United States during the next five years. Pictured are tourists in Times Square in New York City. Andreas Komodromos / Flickr

Skift Take: After some confusion on visitor counts over a data glitch at airport kiosks across the country, international arrivals in the United States are on track to a break record in 2018. We’ll see if long-term growth ends up being as robust as the federal government is touting.

— Dan Peltier

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[nunoxaviermoreira]

Frida enjoying the sun - Limassol, Cyprus by Andreas Komodromos Andreas Komodromos Photostream https://flic.kr/p/8B8NPB

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CityViews: NYC Ought to be Fighting for More Than Just 140 Speed Cameras

CityViews: NYC Ought to be Fighting for More Than Just 140 Speed Cameras

Andreas Komodromos

There are dangerous intersections in every neighborhood. The ones we dread crossing every day, the ones we take the long way to avoid, the ones where we ask loved ones to hold our hands while crossing.

These intersections are a perfect storm of outdated traffic design, millions of vehicles competing with pedestrians and cyclists to move around the city each day, drivers who…

[misterdust]

Williamsburg Bridge, New York City par Andreas Komodromos Via Flickr : The Williamsburg Bridge in New York City, bringing Manhattan ever so close to that hipster heaven AKA Brooklyn.

[wanderlusting-forever]

Alepochori, Greece Andrea Komodromos | Flickr