Conveniences
I have lived in New York City basically my whole life. I have traveled to many different places and I have always wondered to myself if I could live anywhere else full time. I used to say no, no way, New York City is in my blood, in my bones it is as much of who I am as my parents who made me.
One of the main reasons I love New York City is because of its conveniences, for instance, I walk outside my door, I see Times Square and Central Park. I want to go to the supermarket, I walk a block. I need a Fourbucks coffee, it is right on the corner of my block. That is until today, The Fourbucks on my corner had a pipe burst and was closed, not so good on a Monday morning after I spent a weekend building a temporary sub-floor for my best friend Tom's wedding. BTW I never saw that job in any of the Best Man descriptions I read on the internet.
Back to Fourbucks. I was actually upset that I had to walk an extra 2 blocks out of my way to get my venti iced coffee. Its all about convenience, My Fourbucks people know me and they have my coffee ready so I don't even have to talk to them other than the normal pleasantries that New Yorkers share with each other, "Fucking Clemens signed with the Yanks"or "Fucking Rangers lost yesterday".
So I walk in to get my coffee in one of the other 5 Fourbucks that are within 2 blocks of my house and I fully expect the counterperson to read my mind, cause I am just used to the convenience, she doesn't and I have to go through the incantations it takes to order a coffee. Venti iced coffee unsweetened, easy right? My sister's daily coffee order goes something like this Grande Skim Iced Mocha no whip two pumps in a venti cup. Only New Yorkers understand it and order it, it makes us feel special.
Getting back, If I were to ever move out of New York, it would be to move out of New York completely, not Brooklyn or Queens, that's just diet New York City I doubt I would even move to New Jersey, another wannabe New York. I know I was raised in New York City and I turned out all right but with the ridiculously high cost of living, which I will address in my next post, can you actually raise a family here.
If I could only find a town with five fourbucks, a convenience store, a supermarket, a theatre and a park all within walking distance from my house.
