Photo: From Pakistan to California

Zamir Haider (right), a visiting journalist from Islamabad, Pakistan, takes in the sights in downtown San Francisco. Haider has been surprised to see that, at a glance, around 80 percent of the people on the street or on underground trains seem to be using an iPod or other MP3 player. MP3 players are far less prevalent at home, he says.

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