Losing Your Identity On the Upper West Side

Losing Your Identity On the Upper West Side
New Location, New Life. Who Are You Anyway?
Barbara Carson Todd
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Published inNew Creation
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5 min read·
Oct 5, 2022
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Photo by Francesco Ungaro on UnsplashWhen my husband and I moved to New York, my new job involved commuting from Long Island to the Upper West Side, where I worked as a production coordinator for ABC.
For a fourth-generation Californian, this was an entirely new lifestyle. My previous commute had been a short, carefree drive…
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Written by Barbara Carson Todd
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Writer, editor, advocate, occasional organist/cantor. You can find me at barbaracarsontodd.com or on https://nyaddcares.org.
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