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“New Yorkers think an interesting life is more important than a happy life. What you really pay for with the exorbitant cost of living and the hard lifestyle is to be surrounded by strong performers, huge ambitions, and constant need for change and innovation. To live in New York City, you have to trade happiness for this. To most New Yorkers, it’s a no-brainer. They would take that trade any day. To most people outside of New York City the trade-off is crazy.”

I could not disagree more that you need to give up happiness to live here. Living here in the environment described above is exactly what makes me happy.

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Reblogged 4 months ago from katespencer (originally from tweexcore)
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  2. ambyamy reblogged this from katespencer and added:
    I do, until I start thinking of my childless life at age seventy-five in NYC. Unless you have family here, I imagine it...
  3. ohrohin reblogged this from lialia and added:
    I spent the last two weeks in Michigan. While there, I saw a lot of extended family to who I couldn’t explain the allure...
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  6. mentalreminder reblogged this from sickgnar and added:
    really, so like, none of the new yorkers i know are actually happy?
  7. sickgnar reblogged this from ishouldbeworking and added:
    Hmmmm! interstretching…
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  10. anthonyisright reblogged this from katespencer and added:
    I deride the loaded word choice of “happiness” in this paragraph, but I won’t pretend I haven’t been pondering some...
  11. icopythat reblogged this from katespencer and added:
    As I am here for a week or so a month, I’ve been trying to put this into words.
  12. oledocweirdbeard reblogged this from elvira and added:
    Bull. Aside from...current political worries, which aren’t taking place
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  14. aberjona reblogged this from asie and added:
    ex2:meltingnoise:
  15. biteofpythias reblogged this from brianvan and added:
    i know i belong in nyc b/c i could give two shits about whether this survey or anyone else thinks i’m new yorker enough.
  16. brianvan reblogged this from lialia and added:
    I am not a big fan of “do you belong in NYC?” quizzes, they remind me of the sort of obnoxious articles that appear in...
  17. lialia reblogged this from katespencer
  18. mikescollins reblogged this from bridgecomedy and added:
    I don’t really like this. I can appreciate the sentiment but when did living an interesting life and living a happy life...
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  21. gracenmichelle reblogged this from katespencer and added:
    I could not disagree more that you need to give up happiness to live here. Living here in the environment described...
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  24. aspenanomie reblogged this from ex2 and added:
    I’ll take happiness, mountains, and small towns.
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    kissdonttell: tweexcore:
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  31. champagnecandy reblogged this from isabelthespy and added:
    at the risk of adding on to this: I’ve been in NYC for three weeks and it feels like home already in a way that no place...
  32. isabelthespy reblogged this from ekswitaj and added:
    yeah, you know what, i was responding only to the happy/interesting dichotomy which, again, i think is bullshit, but i...
  33. ekswitaj reblogged this from isabelthespy and added:
    Frankly, the original quote sounds like typical parochial New York bullshit to me. I’ve lived in New York; I’ve also...
  34. isabelthespy reblogged this from tweexcore and added:
    but i guess it depends on how you define both interesting...happy. my life probably isn’t...
  35. kangaskhan reblogged this from tweexcore and added:
    with them as well, I’m happiest when I’m extremely interested. Although I agree...fine...
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  37. imsorryyouredisappointed reblogged this from tweexcore and added:
    Apparently I fail at...here. Guess I’ll start packing my bags. Of course, what sort
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