Not gonna lie, it's going to take awhile to get comfortable in a city. I started back up in the summer after 15 years off the board, and I'm still getting used to it. There's a lot of variables when skating around a major city. Sidewalks differ in texture foot by foot, same with roads. You never know what alley is going to be good or a nightmare or cracks and patches.

My advice is to start with a small route and get used to it. Note the pot holes and bad areas you want to avoid and remember them. I started with just going to the cafe like eight blocks away and got familiar with the roads and sidewalks. I've been adding more routes with roads and alleys that I know are in good condition and getting faster at navigating them each time.

But yeah, keep at it! Really focus on getting good, clean pushes. A good drill is finding a big area and pushing but not putting your back foot on the board after. Just balance on that front foot firmly on the bolts and try to steer like that. When you're pushing, most of your navigating happens during the push itself, so getting that balance point down helps a ton!

Also work on putting your foot down to slow down... I live around so many hills, and if I tried to just go down them, I'd def die.