IMPROPER PUZZLES • BY IMPROPER COTTON

FIND ALL 22 DIFFERENCES

Same city. Same energy. Different details.

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🗽 WELCOME TO NEW YORK

The newest IMPROPER PUZZLES challenge has landed right in the middle of one of the busiest places on Earth.

Times Square is packed with people, taxis, giant billboards, subway signs, street vendors, traffic, lights and enough tiny details to keep your eyes moving nonstop.

At first glance, the two scenes look almost identical.

They’re not.

Hidden throughout the city are 22 differences waiting to be found.

FIND ALL 22

Compare the top New York City scene with the bottom scene and locate every single change.

Don’t just look at the obvious stuff.

Twenty-one is close. But close isn’t finished.

👀 TIMES SQUARE IS BUILT TO DISTRACT YOU

This puzzle is packed with movement, color, text and people.

That means your eyes are constantly being pulled in different directions.

The easiest way to solve it is to stop looking at the entire city at once.

Break it into sections.

Left side. Center. Right side. Foreground. Background. One section at a time.

🧠 HOW TO BEAT PUZZLE 004

Start with the biggest landmarks first.

Compare the subway entrance, giant billboards, Times Square signs, the Empire State Building area and street vendors.

Then move down into the crowd.

Check bags, shirts, hats, people, cars, taxis and sidewalk objects.

And whatever you do, read the signs. Words count too.

PEOPLE. PROGRESS. PURPOSE.

IMPROPER PUZZLES is about more than giving you something to stare at for five minutes.

It’s part of the bigger Improper Cotton world.

Creativity. Recovery. Individuality. Community. Curiosity.

Different people can move through the same city, live completely different stories and still be trying to build something better.

SAME CITY. HIGHER STANDARDS.

Recovery can change the way you move through familiar places.

The streets may be the same.

The people may be the same.

The temptations may still exist.

But your standards can change. Your choices can change. Your direction can change.

Same city. Different you.

HOW MANY DID YOU FIND?

Post your score. Keep the answers secret.

🏁 CHALLENGE SOMEBODY ELSE

Send puzzle 004 to somebody who thinks they notice everything.

Give yourselves ten minutes.

No hints. No comments. No answer key.

First person to 22 takes the crown.

DIFFERENT DETAILS.
SAME BIGGER PICTURE.

Train your focus. Look closer. Notice what everybody else walks past.

IMPROPER PUZZLES

By Improper Cotton