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I think that, in comparison, New Yorkers and Northerners are so guarded.

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Genevieve Gorder
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: July 26
Designer
Interior Designer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Northerners
Yorkers
Guarded
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