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I Finally Understand the Appeal of Suburban Living
The idea of safety, security, and stability is not such a bad thing. In fact, it’s a privilege to have.
Up until the day that I left for college, the only environment that I had ever truly known was suburban life — I had never even been on an airplane until I was 18 and I didn’t even own a passport until I was 23.
Growing up, I lived in a fairly well-known town that was located smack dab in the center of New Jersey. Similar to any wholesome, suburban town in America, it had all the usual attractions that any town could offer — a few shopping malls, a decent variety of chain restaurants, nice public parks, a good school system, etc.
There were also endless neighborhoods where all of the houses looked almost exactly the same. And although I never actually lived in a neighborhood that looked like this, I got the gist of it.
Anyone who’s also lived in a town similar to mine, you should know that suburban life was fairly easy — it was safe, secure, and seldom changed. And of course, like any young adult who was yearning to break free from the confines of their hometown, I was dead set on leaving the suburbs. So immediately after graduating college, I fled to New York City.
