https://reztt.com/my-experience-moving-from-the-city-to-the-suburbs/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-experience-moving-from-the-city-to-the-suburbs A Lifestyle Blog from Eva Amurri Thu, 26 Jan 2023 20:06:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://reztt.com/my-experience-moving-from-the-city-to-the-suburbs/#comment-216456 Sun, 25 Sep 2022 02:02:38 +0000 https://happilyevaafte.wpenginepowered.com/?p=46658#comment-216456 This was such a helpful perspective! I’m pregnant with our first, and we’re current on the UES, which we absolutely love. But I find myself wanting more space and we recently started house hunting. After looking at a lot of different tristate suburbs, I find myself drawn to houses with easy walk ability. One of my favorite parts of living in the city is walking, and I think I’d feel extremely isolated without that. Finding that perfect mix of country / town / commuting time has been challenging – but this gives me hope that it’s possible to find the right balance!

]]> https://reztt.com/my-experience-moving-from-the-city-to-the-suburbs/#comment-216315 Sat, 24 Sep 2022 00:35:58 +0000 https://happilyevaafte.wpenginepowered.com/?p=46658#comment-216315 I grew up in a smaller city but my husband is born and raised in Toronto so it was a huge change for him as we moved to a tiny village in the beginning of the pandemic. Despite his original concerns it’s been one of the best decision we’ve ever made. We now have a lovely house (without a mortgage because things are so much cheaper outside GTA), a big enough garden for flowers, chickens, and vegetables plus we’ve actually had the time to get to know our neighbours. Just like you, the city now makes us stressed and it’s just such a positive feeling returning back home. Working in the field of climate change, our move here has also made me feel more content with just staying home rather than having this urge to travel – something which I now recognize as a need to escape the city.

]]> https://reztt.com/my-experience-moving-from-the-city-to-the-suburbs/#comment-216295 Fri, 23 Sep 2022 18:02:39 +0000 https://happilyevaafte.wpenginepowered.com/?p=46658#comment-216295 Thanks for this post, Eva. I moved to the suburbs Sept of 2020 during Covid with my first baby due in 3 weeks and to be honest I was so miserable. I’m a city person – the pace, things to do, people to see, public transit/walking – and the isolation of the suburbs particularly when I wasn’t ready (wfh life made our condo too small) made it all the harder. In addition to the things you mentioned to dig into suburb life (saying yes to meetups and groups!), I think a few laps around the sun to just live and create your own memories in the new space also helps. The transition is really uncomfortable, at least for me, and I still have a ways to go in terms of loving it as much as I’d like, but time and the return of seasons/memories also helps. Thanks again xx

]]> https://reztt.com/my-experience-moving-from-the-city-to-the-suburbs/#comment-216292 Fri, 23 Sep 2022 17:35:17 +0000 https://happilyevaafte.wpenginepowered.com/?p=46658#comment-216292 Yes! I was born and raised in NY and after I got married we moved to South Carolina for his job. That was a huge transition. Same as you city vs. suburbs. After having kids I would never move to a city. The older I get the more I love the peace and quiet. It’s nice to visit big cities, NY, LA, Chicago, but don’t want to live there.

]]> https://reztt.com/my-experience-moving-from-the-city-to-the-suburbs/#comment-216274 Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:59:23 +0000 https://happilyevaafte.wpenginepowered.com/?p=46658#comment-216274 Hi! This was really interesting to me because right now I live in the city but I have 6 month old twins boys. And I’m afraid we just need more space, and to be somewhere I can just open the doors and let them be themselves. I’m terrified of moving out of the city and being unhappy so this was very insightful.

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