Saturday, February 7, 2009

The I'll Miss (or Not) List

It's time to begin documenting the journey back to the big M.O. 

I guess that it makes sense that I'd eventually make my way back to the place where I grew up. The difference between here and there are so fully complementary that it's hard to quantify one place as better than the other. 

What, precisely, are the trade-offs are between here and there; this and that; one and the other?

Here's a list to get us started. Photographic evidence and further elaboration to come:

Top Five Things Rural Missouri has over New York City
(In no particular order)
1. Washing machines in the home (as opposed to four flights of stairs and three blocks away)
2. Stars that you can actually see
3. Summer thunderstorms that remind you just how small you really are
4. COL (i.e. $)
5. BBQ

Top Five Things New York City has over Missouri
(In no particular order)
1. diversity
2. a pretty darned inclusive public transit system 
3. Zogsports
4. Great food
5. Some of the best cultural institutions in the world

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