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It’s not Covid making me want to leave NYC, it’s the racism.
This is facts, I’m first generation and I would like to go “back”. I’m finding to be it’s not worth it and don’t think I want to raise kids here.
I used to be a non-American who loved living in America and now having been away from family for almost 2 years I’m having second thoughts on going back for good. Living in NYC and friends have been leaving in droves. Wonder if it’s just the Groundhog Day-like sensation + being away from family making me feel this way.
Yes- not because of the covid, because of the racism. Feel like i’ve been living blind and faced the real world that im living in since the covid. Also im in a same boat as u OP, i’ve been living far from my family and haven’t seen them for 2 years, where all my surroundings here (co workers, friends) have families, they are able to visit & stay with them without taking international flights. It gives me lots of thought of the meaning of living alone in this city
Yes - as an American living alone in the EU, the combination of lockdowns/curfews (in the third one as we speak...), travel restrictions, and WFH (and my increasing hatred/disgust/resentment for my current agency, which isn’t new but has been growing slowly over time) have broken me and I’m relocating back to NYC in the next two or three months. I’ve been living here for about 7 years and was actually planning on staying abroad for much longer, if not indefinitely, but the past 6 months have made me question all of that because it is REALLY hard to keep coping by myself. I feel like I need to go back “home” in order to be me again...
Yes thank you for sharing this IAD! Your post made me think. I have def felt that I’m losing my identity as well by just being in my apartment all day, not interacting with “locals” or even people from where I come from. I think this is pushing me to go back where I’m from to find who I am lol.
These days I just scroll social media and watch the news and feel helpless processing it in the comfort of my Brooklyn apartment. And sure I donate to orgs but it feels like this is not what life or life abroad should be about.
They say no one leaves home unless home is mouth of a shark but what to do if you feel like staying here is also not an easy choice... I’ve been struggling with the same thing
Yep. My partner and family are all back home and I’m abroad alone. The only thing keeping me here is the pay check and knowing how hard it’ll be to get a replacement job in a pandemic if I move.
Yup, definitely hoping to leave the US as soon as possible. I love the friends I've made here and the higher earning potential, but it's such a difficult place to live if you don't have the right passport.
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