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PaperclipPerfector  2d ago (text post)   1328 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for September 4, 2026

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I was born and raised in NYC and moved to a small town mid career to start a family with my sweetheart. Now I'm back to visit my parents and the place feels so inhuman to me. Just stress and noise and chaos from every direction.

How did I live with this so long? I think having a drink every day was a part of it.

Interesting, my wife is a city girl and I'm a country boy. We met in the middle and now live in a medium size city. But both of us miss our respective backgrounds.

That said, she has also mentioned big cities feeling increasingly hectic.

Just one?

I drank far too much two nights ago, and Friday was a bit of hell on earth. It is now Saturday morning in Japan and I'm considering at least a month sober, maybe two. Osaka suburban sprawl, but we have a great park nearby that I often walk, which helps with the peace.

Notably, I am old AF, but I have never set foot in New York City. I feel like I should have done so long ago so that I could then see changes over the years. As it is now if I ever go there I'll only know it as whatever it is now.

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