Comments on: This says it perfectly

By: joe

joe — Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:24:21 +0000

Thanks for this post - even though I’ve gotten to it even later than Sarah B. There’s this sense that you and Meghan Daum, I suspect, are speaking to exactly what made it okay for me to leave NYC in the first place, although it’s getting harder to recall exactly why I did.

Of course, now I’m in LA - which has metaphysical problems of its own - and I miss NYC more than I’d care to admit.

By: Sarah B.

Sarah B. — Tue, 22 Jul 2003 07:53:00 +0000

I loved “My Misspent Youth.”

And evidently I’m coming late to the New York party, as usual.

By: Sincy

Sincy — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 23:50:42 +0000

chicago - I won’t want to ever leave.

By: dori

dori — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:44:36 +0000

the situation between visiting new york for a couple of months and then leaving is far different from living and working in new york for years, and then leaving (side note: i have a friend, incidentally now living in LA, that claims that leaving this town was a 10-year process for him.)

so then, is meghan daum’s reason for leaving new york (admitted failure). but i don’t champion her as a hero for doing it (perhaps i would if she took off for somewhere a little more, well, interesting… like these guys - although to be fair, being at all willing to live in nebraska is sort of a heroic endeavor in and of itself).

this is not to say i’m not tired as hell of new york and ready to leave as soon as an interesting opportunity presents itself. problem is, after being here for so long, getting over the concept of nowhere being nearly as culturally stimulating (at least not in the US where i could feasibly both live and work) is a long, drawn-out process i’m still not to the end of.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 16:30:28 +0000

Me, too!
My unanswered question - do I regret leaving New York, or do I think I’m supposed to regret leaving New York?