My (Brief)Love Affair with New York, Part 1

The job that broke me

My yearning for a life in New York City started years ago, back in high school. I remember reading books like The Great Gatsby and watching movies like Spider-Man 2 (shoutout to Tobey) and them having such an impact on me I started to liken the city to epic characters and epic lives of meaning and importance.

I won’t bore you with the exact details, but after a few years of working and saving after college, I eventually moved there into a small apartment with my friends. As taken from another…