The streets I know will never take me anywhere but here

Previously on Adam Riff™:

2005:
I decided to leave Los Angeles and move to either Seattle or Chicago. I chose Chicago. My mother asked a fortune teller to assess my future. "You're best-suited to live in the northwest – Seattle, Oregon, Vancouver."

2013a:
I work in Manhattan, but sleep every night on a couch in someone's living room.

2013b:
—Going forward, where do you want to live, Jon? You've been very accommodating to me, relocating to the east coast and whatnot, and so I will accommodate you wherever you wish to live.


Ever since we converted his apartment into a home office, my boss has been gently trying to kick me out.

—Do you want to live in Brooklyn? I don't know if you want to return to the Bay Area…

I want, more than anything, to live in the Pacific time zone, but I just don't think it's practical.


The median selling price of a house in Detroit right now is $13,556.

I'd like to live in a house, and I wouldn't have to worry about finding a job, and…casinos, but I'm terrified of driving in snow.


Tony: if you want to come check it out, let me know and you can stay at my place

Every few months, I dally with moving to Seattle, and every few months, Tony offers a place to stay.

I turn 31 in two weeks. Maybe it's time. What's that quote from Inception? "Do you want to become an old man, filled with regret?"

Chris: you know it snows every 2 or 3 years here
Chris: and the hills make it terrifying to drive in

[pause]

[looks at houses in Oregon]


Devil Jon: Seattle? Oregon? You turn 31 in two weeks. Do you want to become a cold man, filled with regret?
Jon: Where, then? San Diego? Seal Beach? Back to Los Angeles?

I've dallied with moving back to Los Angeles, but I'm terrified of parking in Southern California.

3 Comments

  1. Dani 23 Sep 13 at 08:33

    Parking is not that bad! You're scarred from Westwood

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  2. rob 27 Sep 13 at 11:54

    Dude – you've been dwelling on this for a decade. a decade! shoot the puck and get on with living life.

    also, get snow tires, if necessary.

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  3. dedleg 28 Sep 13 at 14:49

    Move to Seattle. You can always move again, right? Just based on my reading of this site over the years.

    Reply

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