8.4 Million New Yorkers Suddenly Realize New York City A Horrible Place To Live

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. There's a weird love-hate curve regarding hometowns.

As a young child, it's pretty much all you know.

Then you grow older into your teen years, realize that there are places apart from your hometown, and you become resentful of it. You get bored of it and desperately want to get away.

Then many of us will move away from our hometown to someplace different and seemingly shinier.

Then after a few years, nostalgia begins to kick in and you begin to idealize the place that you used to grow up. Usually it's not enough to bring you back there permanently, but you do begin to pine for it at times.

Regarding New York City itself, it's okay. I don't find it exceptional nor do I have any desire to live there. I've visited there on several occasions and taken in some of the sights. It's essentially like any other east coast city except 10 times larger.