Home and Away
My friend lxbean is not shy about how she feels about our family living in Minneapolis these past ten years.
“Move back! Please move back to Philly! Come back!”
Her plea might have held more weight if I had not been stuck in a nearly 2-hour traffic jam on the Schuykill “Expressway” for a normally 30-minute drive earlier in the day. And had to pay nearly $20 to park downtown. And walked by one of Philly’s stinky, steaming, summer street vents. And driven across the chemical-fume bridge from the airport and by the giant junkyard and chemical fields that line the run-down section of 76 into the city. Plus, houses comparable to ours sell for about twice as much.
I’ve enjoyed our trip to Philly. I had a lovely jaunt to NYC, saw a great production of Romeo and Juliet, had some great meals, gelato and ice cream. But I like Minneapolis, and miss our friends and our walking lifestyle. I love Philly and the East Coast. But Minnesota suits us in so many ways that I think we’re there for good.
August 22nd, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Boo Hiss.