From A Different Angle

Growing up, I was the kid in the family who was never very crazy about the city. I liked visiting my grandparents but I wasn't wild about walking from the car to their apartment. I guess it was big and kind of scary to a little kid who'd been raised in the suburbs.

When I went off to college, I headed out to Ohio. After that there were stints in South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, and Missouri before, eventually, finding my way back to thee New York area.  For a few months immediately...