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Метро по дороге на работу прочитала - мне нравится там колумнист Рын Гаргулински. После 20+ лет жизни в <NYC>, она недавно переехала в <Clovis, New Mexico>, и теперь описывает свои впечатления.
Указала причину переезда как - <desire for more elbow space and the view of the sunset that does not include the Empire State building>.
Whatever that means...
Статья называется
"Finding the biggest culture shock of all"
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...culture shock is a subtle, underlying phenomenon. Its main symptom is the feeling you are in a trance, suspended from reality. . I still don't understand why I live in Clovis. What is mundane to the native Southwesterner is stupefying, silly, or strange to the New Yorker.
The biggest shock this far has definitely been the lawn mower. In addition to the mechanical aspect, having a yard to mow is a trip within itself. <
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Another mechanical shock is the car. Although I obtained a driver's licence at the age of 16, I have not driven for my entire time in NYC....
My first story assignment at the little newspaper I now work for took me an hour's ride away to Milnesand, a town so small they do not even list the population....Round trip was 128 miles and took a total of 2 hours - less than the amount of subway time from Brighton Beach to Astoria. Barely longer than a trek from Wall Street to the Bronx.
It is hard to get used to the people. Two new friends have already helped me with the mower. A third offered to help me unpack. My new editor and his wife picked me up from the Lubbock airport when I arrived and drove me 93 miles to Clovis without blinking an eye. The folks here are friendly, helpful, sincere. That's enough to shock the heck out of any New Yorker.
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I am loving it
P.S. От себя добавлю - готова поспорить на что угодно - что процесс поиска house или apartment в N.M. был намного/неизмеримо проще чем в NYC - жaль что ето она пока не описала.
"Any New Yorker foolish enough to follow the political advice of The New York Times deserves what he gets." Brent Bozell III