Thursday, January 13, 2011
The Unbearable Convenience of Being
Moving to NY has offered a number of surprises. One of the least pleasant surprises has been how difficult it is to go anywhere or do anything.
The only amenities that are absolutely more convenient for me are dry cleaning and the gym, but that's only because they are in my building. In Portland, I had dry cleaning at the office and a gym that was on the way home, so I don't really save any time from these conveniences.
A huge inconvenience has been the extra hour a day I spend commuting. Radiolab has filled a lot of my commute time recently, and the "Cities" episode (linked) struck me for a number of reasons. Number 1 struck-ification: People who live in cities think they are the best thing, and people who live in the country think its the best thing.
Labels: So why do I want to live anywhere else than where I am?
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