This may sound absolutely horrible to some people, but I will go ahead and say it. I’m known for being a straight shooter. Which these days has both good and bad connotations. And, is often associated with being a New Yorker. Which, I proudly am. More than proudly, actually. I’m quite boastful. I even taught my son to sing New York’s praises everywhere he goes. Once in Los Angeles someone asked him where he was born and he answered “Manhattan. The greatest place on earth.” I was so proud. I have gone on to tell him that sometimes people don’t appreciate such a brag. We are now working on how to humblebrag. But onwards to the topic on hand.
I am someone who has lived in 18 cities. No. Wait. Make that 20 cities. I shock myself. I have owned a house in the suburbs. I have owned a house in an urban environment. They both bring challenging and wonderful spaces.
Right at this very time, I split my time between an urban city and a suburb. And, I’m happy about that. I like a hustle and bustle. I like a 7/11 at my corner that I can walk to in order to get Twinkies at any time of the day. Well, I actually don’t eat twinkies. But you get what I mean. I like being able to walk on sidewalks and to shop. I can’t stand malls. And, even less so nowadays. It amazes me that the very people who find cities too crowded are perfectly at home at a large enclosed space with hundreds of people walking around with large bags and uncontrollable kids.
Now. I also like the fact that a nature preserve is directly behind my suburban home and beautiful creatures come down the hill. I like that the movie theaters are big and that you are less likely to hear noisy neighbors.
To each his or her own, I suppose. I’m just happy I get to have both. For now. Although, I will always be a city girl. I feel just as comfortable in Tokyo versus Hong Kong, versus Berlin, versus London versus Melbourne. A city can be mesmirizing and a cultural experience. And, I will leave that thought there.
Categories: Culture, identity, mental health, photography, Psychology, society, Travel
psychologistmimi 
I love visiting the city but I NEED my green space to recharge. Interesting post, thought provoking.
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i kid you not.. Yesterday Dancing in the Mall i took A Photo Of New York With an Infinity Symbol
Centered on
The Empire State
Building on an 8K
Big Screen TV more
Realistic than Reality
Hehe And i wondered
Even though Social
Scientists Assess the Panhandle
More Specifically Pensacola A Place
Small enough where
Almost Everyone
Identifies me as
The Dancing Man
Doing that for 11,766
Miles in 71 Months…
Yes It is assessed as
A Most Difficult
Challenge to be
Different here…
God Damn Trump
Even agrees as in
A Rally he Trump
Snickered it’s the
You only place you
Can Scream Kill
Immigrants and
Get away with it
Of course if you
Are President you
Can get away with
It amongst Evangelical
Christians too but
i read this morning
That even though
They will support
Him shooting
Someone in
Public He Found
His Achilles Heal
By uttering the Mortal
Sin of cursing saying
God Damn even though
Taking the Lord’s Name
In Vain means Labeling
‘The Force’ With any
Name ironic how
Folks covet
Idol words
But God
Damn here i
Go rambling again
i digress What i saw in
The Empire State
Building is just
A Bigger and
God Damn
Thank
God more Liberal
City to King Kong
Dance Conquer
As true the
Challenge here
Is Easy Breezy
As
‘The Wind’
My new Idol
Phrase i covet
To Describe
‘The Force’
As A Real
Yoda
2.1 Version
Continues His
Fabulous Mall
Dance the one
Kid no
One Will
Ever control
In the Mall
Since that First
Day in September
Of 2013.. could
Have Been the
11th where
i shocked and
Awed With
Dancing in Reverse
Moon Dancing as
Fast as i could
Go after that
‘Conservative
Security’ relieved
To See Graceful
Free style Ballet
Those ‘Minions’
Such a Fun Cat And
Mouse Game as they
Don’t even realize
i am
Their
New ‘Dancing
King’ Hehe just
The only
Dancing
Man
Around these
Parts at Least
It Appears my
Minions need
Me too
Much
Will not
Leave them
For Now but a
Bigger City might
Offer A Bigger
Challenge
At
Least for the Dance
But not so much
For Generating
‘The Wind’
As Jesus F in
Christ it’s like
A Vacuum here
Still overall
The
‘Works’
Go on and on….
ETernAlly NoW…
The Dance The Wind….
As ET continues
To Phone
Home
Waiting
Just Waiting
For Someone
To turn
The
HeART LiGHT
Of The Wind HeaR BacK
On So i May ResT AGaiN..:)
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I moved a ot as well but only 3 countries. Nice post.
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