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> I felt trapped in the suburbs, personally. Moving to NYC is what made me feel free. Ironically many people would answer to feel free when moving out of a big

• Trasmatta 4y ago
  Right, I'm not saying it's the right move for everyone. Just offering the alternate perspective.
• oogali 4y ago
  Different strokes for different folks. At different times in their lives. Don’t expect something as subjective as happiness to also be rational. In my teen years, I felt trapped where I grew up so I moved to NYC. In my early 20s, I couldn’t afford Manhattan so I moved to the suburbs. In my mid 20s, I felt trapped in the suburbs so I moved [back] to NYC. In my early 30s, I felt trapped in NYC and just recently moved back to the suburbs. In 15-20 years, I’ll probably think along the lines of folks who say they want a pied-a-terre in NYC for the (non-winter) weekends and suburbs during the week.
  • gigaflop 4y ago
    > pied-a-terre Thanks for the vocabulary. I've been thinking about this option myself, combined with an edge-of-town main residence, with the full home office + gym + etc. The convenience of being able to just go to a population center and have all of your creature comforts handled is the big draw for me.