Whoever is born in New York is ill-equipped to deal with any other city: all other cities seem, at best, a mistake, and, at worst, a fraud. No other city is so spitefully incoherent.
~ James Baldwin
Whoever Is Born in New York
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With an attitude like that, I’m happy I no longer live there. I was born in Queens, went to school in Michigan, spent eight years in Boston, and am happily starting my second decade in Tucson, Arizona. I had no problem adapting to any of the locations I’ve lived in.