3117 - Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

The sender must have visited New York City and picked up this card from Times Square.

Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and neighbourhood in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is the junction of Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and 42nd Street. It is brightly lit all the time by billboards and advertisements as well as businesses that are open 24 hours a day. The Broadway Theatre District is also located here. It draws about 50 million tourists a year.

It was once known as Longacre Square, but was renamed in 1904 when the New York Times moved its headquarters to the newly erected Times Building, now One Times Square. This is the site of the famous New Year's Eve ball drop which attracts a million people a year.

Between the 1960s and early 1990s, Times Square was not a great place to be. High crime as well as go-go bars, sex shops, peep shows, and adult theatres were infamous symbols of the city's decline.

Today it is estimated that 22 cents for every tourist dollar spent is spent in Times Square.

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3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

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