I'm a city girl. The claustrophobic atmosphere allows me to breathe. Busy streets with neon signs, giving light way after the sun goes down, feeds me. I feel alive and wired. Cities are condensed. They are life's snowglobes...every aspect of humanity is scaled down into bite-sized pieces. Race is blended there. You can hear six different languages babbling in the background. That is the soundtrack to my life. The shopping, the restaurants, the nightlife...these are my necesities.
But I'm dying...I don't live in the city. Without these needs, I feel restless and bored. Day trips to Baltimore keep me going. When I move out, I'm city-bound.
Where do you want to live?
Lily, this is really well-written!
AH! Jen! Thank you so much!
This is a hard one Lil (that is your new nickname.) Hopefully I'll be rich enough to have both. I would probably want to live in a suburb if I can't have both. I like being able to have a car, and a yard, but I also like being able to walk to cool places (whatever that means, places to eat, shop I guess.) I just like being around people and meeting new people...and I don't mean the soccer mom next door.
I would love to go college in a big city (read: Fordham) and live there while I am young, but I don't know how I would feel about starting a family in a city (not that I want kids, anyway) So, maybe I would be really happy in the city? I have no idea, honestly. And yeah, that whole thing made no sense.
Thank you Mr. Pickle
Hmm. I'm kind of caught. I love going up to the mountains and being able to camp out and look to the stars because the skies are so clear. But a part of me will always love the city, your post describes the way I feel sometimes.