I grew up in a small rural retirement-town and wasn't big on it (beautiful though, to be sure). Since high school, I've been in the most densely-populated area of Knoxville and enjoy it. That still doesn't compare since NYC's so much bigger and I'm still close to the more free environments (not to mention family and loved ones), but at least I've seen NYC and the prospect continues to excite me.
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