I am fortunate to travel regularly, both within the United States as well as outside of our borders. Every place I have traveled I ask the same question: “could I live there?”
I am not actively trying to move out of our present state let alone leave the country, but the question is always poised as to whether somewhere else provides a better sanctuary than my present home. I am a born and raised New Yorker. I was raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn, the South Bronx and mostly Uptown in the Heights, and Dyckman. These were all areas known for their high crime and drug trafficking, but I would not trade my experiences growing up in any of these “hoods”. READ MORE