From Kansas to New York: What I’ve Learned After a Year in the City

Erika Reals 💌
Sep 9, 2018 · 4 min read
Photo by Jason Briscoe via Unsplash.

New York is never what you expect it to be.

I have always idolized the city from a young age, as I know many transplants have done before me. I think what mesmerized me was its complete and utter contrast from where I grew up in south-central Kansas. I come from a charming, middle-class neighborhood in Wichita named College Hill (there was no…

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Erika Reals 💌

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Soul-searching and burger-consuming in NYC. Kansas native. Rescue dog mom. | Four-shot espresso macchiato with a splash of steamed almond milk, please.

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