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Singapore logic

The things that look sensible until you spend a little time with them. A taxi stand is only the beginning.

4 stories · 7 min reading · Start anywhere
  1. 01

    First, find a taxi the old-fashioned way.

    QR payment code inside a Singapore taxi
    1 min · 16 Aug 2023

    How to hail a taxi

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  2. 02

    Once inside, getting a smooth ride is another matter.

    White minivan with its sliding passenger door open at a Singapore drop-off point
    4 min · 6 Sept 2026

    Jerky Driving: Why Singapore Taxi Rides Make Me Carsick

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  3. 03

    Even a polite lift ride has its complications.

    Hand holding the door-open button inside an elevator
    1 min · 22 Aug 2023

    Annoying elevator etiquette

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  4. 04

    And at home, there is a bomb shelter to explain.

    Archival photograph of an American family bomb shelter
    1 min · 3 Jun 2022

    A bomb shelter inside my Singapore apartment

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