Forget about the tacky and overpriced "I love New York" T-shirts
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Here's my confession: I used to splurge excessively on useless souvenirs while traveling.
As somebody who travels to New York pretty often, I've bought everything from the cliche landmark keychains to "I love NY" t-shirts and even miniature Statues of Liberty.
I mean, why not? The gruelingly long flight to the Big Apple justifies these rash shopping decisions.
Soon after, I realised these souvenirs wound up collecting dust and learnt that perhaps less is more.
As such, here are my top five souvenir alternatives, that are worth every cent:
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