New cities
Everyone who moved to New York had a version of this — the city was supposed to be electric with possibility, and instead the first months are often surprisingly isolating.
New York has been mythologised as a place where things happen — where ambitious, interesting people find each other and build extraordinary lives. That myth is not entirely false, but it describes a destination that takes years to reach, not the first few months. The first few months are usually: a small apartment you can't afford, a long subway commute, a job you're still figuring out, and evenings with no one to call.
New Yorkers are often privately lonely — the city produces isolation as readily as it produces opportunity. The density of the city doesn't translate to social density. Eight million people don't mean eight million potential friends; it means eight million people with full lives and limited bandwidth for new ones.
New York is in practice a city of neighbourhoods, and where you end up shapes your social world significantly. A newcomer in an outer borough with a long commute is in a very different position than someone in a densely social area with local life around them. But most newcomers don't control where they end up — you go where you can afford, and hope the social infrastructure develops from there.
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