Where The Wild Things Are
The New York adventure is a little over halfway done now. Knowing that I'm only a temporary resident, I've never really felt settled in since I'm not at home (the Graham Home for Old Ladies) all that often. Still, it's been great to live in four of the major east coast cities (D.C., Baltimore, Atlanta, New York) and get a good feel for each. B'more ("where the B stands for body bag, son" or so I was told) as a whole was probably my least favorite, but three entertaining roommates and a rooftop deck just about made up for it.
The District, the ATL, and the Big Apple are about equal in my book, with favoritism towards New York under the current circumstances. Wherever I've lived, it never fails that people are quick to tell you about their city preferences through euphoric gushes or jaded complaints. The common attitude at PC is "Oh God I have to get out of Atlanta." Some (especially the highly-motivated) will never be satisfied unless they're in New York, which is understandable since this place rocks, but I feel they're missing out in not appreciating what each city has to offer. Your friends and living/work environments are more important than the physical city anyway.
Eventually I'll probably have to do that settling down thing, but for now, moving around has been invaluable. I've met some amazing people and done some insane things that never would have happened staying put in one place. Burke, Charlottesville, Baltimore, Atlanta and New York have all provided unique experiences that couldn't have happened anywhere else. So it's okay to have an allegiance to your favorite city, just don't discredit the rest of the world in the process (which unfortunately seems to be the American way as of late). Change is good.
Oh yeah, on an unrelated note, Katie got me to join Friendster. Good to see fellow samurai Eugene, Jeff and Ferenczy on there.
Tuesday, April 19 at 11:25 AM
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