City or Suburbs?
So I have an existing offer for employment in the city. I also just went for a job interview in Long Island (at the very last reaches of NYC public transportation) and they said "they would be getting back to me very soon". I started thinking about what choosing the place in Long Island would mean for my life, and got myself in a bit of a mess.
It felt extremely awkward to be back in sub..
The new company just called and totally trumped Goldman's offer, especially if cost-of-living is included . . .
Anywho, it felt ridiculously awkward to be back in Suburbia, and I feld completely displaced. After being in the city, my fear of public transportation has been completely overcome and I used it to get to the office without a hitch, but it was very strange to have all the cars around in big open spaces and a comparatively miniscule number of 40-somethings walking about the office building in attire other than strict business dress. It was a completely different life, and I'm wondering if I should go back and if the financial incentive is worth it.
Traveling seems to bring out the pensive side of me, and as I entered a trance during my doze on the way back to Manhattan I realized that the likelihood of meeting somebody special in an environment like the one in which I had just interviewed was even more slim than the miniscule odds with which I have come to grips in the city.
I don't know what I want. I do, but I don't know how to get it. I want a life, a stable job, enough money and a significant other that is as geeky and financially-conscious as myself. But what about this whole suburb thing? I won't be able to take a 10-minute subway ride to a cool, somewhat cheaper restaurant, go running in central park, or walk down the block to get groceries. However, I'll have a car, more space and extra money. What am I to do?
There's not much of a reason to complain since I am choosing between two opportunities rather than two situations with the lack thereof, but it's still a decision and one that I do not believe I will have enough information to decide properly until well-after my deadline of November 14th.
Any thoughts (if anybody checks in anymore)? Similar experiences? Know me well enough to show me what I am not thinking about that is really central to my personality?
It felt extremely awkward to be back in sub..
The new company just called and totally trumped Goldman's offer, especially if cost-of-living is included . . .
Anywho, it felt ridiculously awkward to be back in Suburbia, and I feld completely displaced. After being in the city, my fear of public transportation has been completely overcome and I used it to get to the office without a hitch, but it was very strange to have all the cars around in big open spaces and a comparatively miniscule number of 40-somethings walking about the office building in attire other than strict business dress. It was a completely different life, and I'm wondering if I should go back and if the financial incentive is worth it.
Traveling seems to bring out the pensive side of me, and as I entered a trance during my doze on the way back to Manhattan I realized that the likelihood of meeting somebody special in an environment like the one in which I had just interviewed was even more slim than the miniscule odds with which I have come to grips in the city.
I don't know what I want. I do, but I don't know how to get it. I want a life, a stable job, enough money and a significant other that is as geeky and financially-conscious as myself. But what about this whole suburb thing? I won't be able to take a 10-minute subway ride to a cool, somewhat cheaper restaurant, go running in central park, or walk down the block to get groceries. However, I'll have a car, more space and extra money. What am I to do?
There's not much of a reason to complain since I am choosing between two opportunities rather than two situations with the lack thereof, but it's still a decision and one that I do not believe I will have enough information to decide properly until well-after my deadline of November 14th.
Any thoughts (if anybody checks in anymore)? Similar experiences? Know me well enough to show me what I am not thinking about that is really central to my personality?