Photo Credit — AleXander Hirka / Used with permission / Neighbors, we need to talk

Hey, Neighborhood!

I got a bone to pick with you

I am an urban animal, through and through in spite of having been born and lived in the real-life version of Mayberry until I was 18. I don’t do well in small town or rural environs and the only place I’ve ever felt completely at home has been New York City.

Since my arrival in 2000, I’ve made it through 9/11, the Blackout of 2003, Hurricane Sandy, and the…