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Times Square has more than confused tourists, overpriced t-shirts, and flashing lights. The now-pedestrian-friendly neighborhood is kicking off this morning with a celebration of free wi-fi access thanks to a partnership with Yahoo!.

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If you’re an transplant New Yorker, chances are you’ll probably have house guests sometime this summer. And if you do, you’ll most likely be playing host(ess) and grappling about the city — desperately searching for something that doesn’t involve a four hour wait at the Empire State Building or a yellow speed boat to Ellis Island.

So how do you get out of doing the total touristy thing when you’re guests’ idea of a good time is having dinner in Times Square? You bring out the big guns, of course, and promise to give them the “real New York experience”.