This edition of your newsletter couldn't have come at more crucial time for me. After moving away from NYC to Columbus, OH for several years, I'm now moving back to the city at the end of the this month. Mostly because I've missed NYC and my friends. Also because Ohio no longer feels like home as most of my friends who made it home chose to move away after the most extreme part of COVID eased. And it can't be ignored that Ohio is becoming increasingly hostile to people like me, a queer woman. I'm excited to move back to the city but this time is different. When I first moved there, I thought it would be a long-term home. It wasn't, my priorities changed, I moved. Now I'm returning with a sense of New York being a stepping stone to my next move in life. I'm not sure what the plan is after New York (maybe moving overseas?) but I'm trying to let myself be okay with that and to live in the moment while I'm there. Anyway, as always this newsletter was a great read :)
I grew up in Newark, NJ and went to school in Philadelphia, PA. I never felt comfortable on the East Coast. ASAP, I convinced my wife to move to California. l lived in San Diego (great climate and beaches) and Los Angeles (everywhere else, you're camping out). Now I live in Santa Monica (sheer heaven). I fell in here with the love of my life, too dazzled with each other to recognize the treasure we had accidentally found in which to live. Now that I'm here, for 18 years, so far, all calculations on moving somewhere else fall dramatically short. Even with grandkids as a draw, no place comes close to Santa Monica for sheer daily pleasure, comfort, walkability, good vibes, cultural and adventure opportunities, lifestyle resources, good weather, and more. Sure, I lucked into it. But now I ain't leaving.
This edition of your newsletter couldn't have come at more crucial time for me. After moving away from NYC to Columbus, OH for several years, I'm now moving back to the city at the end of the this month. Mostly because I've missed NYC and my friends. Also because Ohio no longer feels like home as most of my friends who made it home chose to move away after the most extreme part of COVID eased. And it can't be ignored that Ohio is becoming increasingly hostile to people like me, a queer woman. I'm excited to move back to the city but this time is different. When I first moved there, I thought it would be a long-term home. It wasn't, my priorities changed, I moved. Now I'm returning with a sense of New York being a stepping stone to my next move in life. I'm not sure what the plan is after New York (maybe moving overseas?) but I'm trying to let myself be okay with that and to live in the moment while I'm there. Anyway, as always this newsletter was a great read :)
I grew up in Newark, NJ and went to school in Philadelphia, PA. I never felt comfortable on the East Coast. ASAP, I convinced my wife to move to California. l lived in San Diego (great climate and beaches) and Los Angeles (everywhere else, you're camping out). Now I live in Santa Monica (sheer heaven). I fell in here with the love of my life, too dazzled with each other to recognize the treasure we had accidentally found in which to live. Now that I'm here, for 18 years, so far, all calculations on moving somewhere else fall dramatically short. Even with grandkids as a draw, no place comes close to Santa Monica for sheer daily pleasure, comfort, walkability, good vibes, cultural and adventure opportunities, lifestyle resources, good weather, and more. Sure, I lucked into it. But now I ain't leaving.