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You are hip. You are young.
You are also a tourist every once in awhile.
I've been through it before: trying to find an awesome part of town to hang and going to google only to sift through a shit-ton of Yelp reviews or fall for tourist traps.
Superfuture has taken all the guess work out of finding the best spots in town.
I've been using this website for about two years now in my explorations of New York City and it has been a tremendous help. Their "urban cartographers" scope out and map the best bars, clothing shops, cafes, record stores, hair salons, and interior decorating places around. Here is their map of the Lower East Side:

These maps are available for the following places:
- Amsterdam
- Beijing
- Hong Kong
- London
- Los Angeles
- Melbourne
- New York City
- Paris
- San Francisco
- Shanghai
- Singapore
- Sydney
- Tokyo
Not to mention that their website has stores reviews and an awesome forum to connect with like-minded folk.
[Superfuture]
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