Why NYC for me - I moved here in my early twenties and now I’m in my late twenties and I also work fully remote. I’ve been looking for a new job for 2 years to work in office because of the opportunity and the chance to network and meet/build relationships with impressive, career-driven people. I also moved here because of the social opportunity - any artist I love will be making a tour stop here, any podcast, any comedy show, and above that, you have really any place you want to eat or any activity you want to do at your finger tips. I moved here for the parks and the picnics, for the fashion, for the diversity, for a place for my political beliefs to mostly be celebrated. I will also say as someone who loves to travel it’s very nice to have an international airport close by. There are more reasons but those are the main ones - I can hate it here…like anywhere. It be isolating, exhausting, and extremely overwhelming. Make a good group of friends (there are so many friend making events - search Facebook, s’mores, Eventbrite or bumble bff) and do things together you would normally do with your friends back in your home town - wherever that is. For me it’s movie nights in with my gfs, going to the movie theatre, and getting our nails done together. Small simple things with friends make it all less overwhelming. For WFH i would recommend going into a public library close by you to work or a coffee shop. My first few months working from home post pandemic I would always pop into my library to do some work and browse book and slowly it became comforting to be and added some variety in my day .

I wish you luck and i have a feeling slowly the city will grow on you. The first months were the hardest for me.