Having a comfortable bed

Growing up and spending most of my life in the Midwest you’re aware of the passive aggressive nature of many social interactions but you don’t realize the psychological stress that accumulates until you leave. People are much more direct here—at first it was jarring l, but I now find a lot of comfort in it.

A friend who had lived in New Haven for many years before I had moved here had described it to me as a "Company Town" in reference to Yale and its relationship to New Haven. Upon visiting for one of the first times to find an apartment, I noticed the "Yale Respect New Haven" signs dotting some lawns as I walked around. That feeling and all the ways it manifests was further embellished by some anecdotal conversations this friend shared about alumni visiting NH and lamenting about its destruction of a certain kind of blue-collar culture. That paradox of disparity exists in New York in different ways, but none quite like it unfolds here.

The classism and racism is soo ingrained in this city is sucks.

The ease with which I can give my eyes a long clear view of distance and the sky is very new to me.

San Francisco, but actually where my sister and brother are.

It has trash chute, shared washing machines and dryers (I guess is a American thing)

My home was way too comfortable, whereas New Haven is a place for struggle and growth. I think I will not be able to fully enjoy New Haven until the day I leave here. But ironically, I think I will miss New Haven far more than anywhere else.

New Haven lacks a certain community aspect that gets built by living in the same space for more than 2 years. Everything is so temporary here, and there is such a strange relationship to a city when its only temporary.

So many crows!! And also, apparently Connecticut is an open carry state? Found that out in a Stop & Shop.