Cover Image Credit: Lauren Roth

We arrived at JFK on the evening of November 15^th, 2014, and have been living in New York ever since. We arrived late in the evening, spent the night at a hotel near JFK, and then moved into our apartment in Park Slope on the 16^th. So much has changed over this decade, but we’re still, to our mutual surprise, here.

I’d like to reflect on the major moves of my life:

• Austin → South Bay Area
• South Bay Area → Austin
• Austin → San Francisco
• San Francisco → New York City

And how, upon reaching New York, I couldn’t find anything else to opt for and how it felt better to opt against everything else. And so I/we’ve stayed.