Any Philly transplants interested in joining a coworking space? Or just commiserating? 😂. After moving from New York I’m finding it hard to force myself to leave my home office and I’d love to meet some people in my field!

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New York is nothing but transplants. You'll find your people.

Oh man, I'm not in Philly anymore but I can definitely identify with what you're feeling! For a while I was between NY-NJ-PA for work and it felt like mental whiplash sometimes going from one place to the other. Hope you find your people.

I'm a freelancer and pretty close to a shut in (LOL), but I'm definitely open to commiserating.

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