The End of an Era
Today marked the last day Iwould be in Manhattan regularly. Starting Monday (I'm taking tomorrow off), I will be not just living in New Jersey, but working there too. Although I expect my quality of life to improve (I will have a 10 minute walk to work, rather than a 45 minute trip on public transportation from the Upper East Side to Midtown), I am still sad. I have spent the last 12 years of my life living and working there. I loved Manhattan. I still love Manhattan, but times have changed, and so have I.
Things I Will Miss About Manhattan (an incomplete and unordered list)
The world at your doorstep
Hailing a taxi when I have large packages
The excitement
Four drug stores within 3 blocks
Five supermarkets within 3 blocks
More movies than Picasso had paint
Being just a subway ride away from Yankee Stadium
Being able to get any kind of food delivered at just about any hour
Amazing architecture
Stumbing upon little hidden gardens when you least expect it
The fashion
Not having to go to malls
Things I Will Not Miss About Manhattan (a complete and ordered list)
Waiting for the other terrorist shoe to drop
The traffic
The idiot drivers who won't pull over for an emergency vehicle
The noise
The smell of piles of garbage
Mike Bloomberg
Ah, Manhattan. I will not say goodbye, simply I'll see you later. Besides, I'll be back to visit. Often.
Comments
Ah, but in Hoboken you have:
Increasingly rare old-style italian delis
The clam broth house
That weird german bar/french restaurant place on Main Street that has really good weiss beer on draft
Wine in the supermarket
and
You're ten minutes from all that stuff in Manhattan
Posted by: julia | July 18, 2003 10:22 AM
You better be back to visit, I haven't met you yet. :)
Posted by: Elayne Riggs | July 18, 2003 04:32 PM
Cool. We should get a New Yorker/take pity on the new New Jerseyite thing happening or something.
Posted by: Lesley | July 19, 2003 01:49 PM