I think there are 2 types of people who leave NYC, those who are desperate to get out and those who reluctantly leave a piece of themselves behind. I left Brooklyn for the waves of coastal Maine and have spent months disentangling my identity from being a New Yorker for a decade. Much like losing a job early in my career and finding peace in my identity outside of a career, I've been working to find peace in identity outside of location. All this rambling to say, yes, I get it!
I think there are 2 types of people who leave NYC, those who are desperate to get out and those who reluctantly leave a piece of themselves behind. I left Brooklyn for the waves of coastal Maine and have spent months disentangling my identity from being a New Yorker for a decade. Much like losing a job early in my career and finding peace in my identity outside of a career, I've been working to find peace in identity outside of location. All this rambling to say, yes, I get it!