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Alan Ando, a member of the Hiking Meetup and a manager at Eastern Mountain Sports, was at the Mega Meetup to build community, promote his Soho store and ultimately, make the city a friendlier place. “I think it’s about getting people in all these tribal units,” he said. “Then we’ll resolve our differences. It just happens naturally.”
Daley, the Far Rockaway florist who crochets in Harlem, was happy to hobnob with snowboarders, Star Trek fans and small dog lovers.
“This is New York,” she said. “It’s all too normal.”


