In a pleasant, uncrowded public school in a prosperous suburb -- actually a decommissioned building in Portland, Ore.

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This year, I went for the more sedate environs of Tulum, a nice uncrowded beach with perfect turquoise water (and a beachside Maya ruin).

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Mainland Nova Scotia was said to feel like New England 50 years ago, a friendly, uncrowded maritime paradise with vast tracts of cheap, desirable land.

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Plumping first to explore the city's northern reaches, take a stroll through Central Park's astoundingly uncrowded avenues, from Columbus Circle all the way up to Central Park North.

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The San Jose airport was eerily uncrowded, too.

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