<p>So who else is making the big move??</p>
<p>I currently live in the Sugar Land/Missouri City area (small quiet suburbs right next to Houston) and plan on attending Pace University in New York City after my upcoming senior year. I've lived in NYC previously until the age of 10 and went back frequently after I moved away to visit family and simply because we missed it so much. Thing is, I have to admit I'm starting to get nervous about going back. Coming from the suburbs in Texas (where cows and horses grazing on grass are common sights) and then suddenly moving to a city of 8 million is terrifying regardless if I lived there before. This past summer I even found myself trying to hide my slight Texan drawl when speaking to my own family, just to avoid looks and stares! It's just something bout "dem' darn city folk" that make them intimidating even if I used to be one of them and knew otherwise..</p>
<p>And the ironic thing about this whole situation is, despite being scared to leave, moving to suburbia is what made me want to go back to New York in the first place. I simply AM NOT a country person and I realized this quickly after moving to TX. Everything; from the culture, to the food, to the fact that everything thing is a mile apart, drives me nuts. I'd much rather go back to the busy, bustling life than stay in this landscape of quiet neighborhoods and walmarts yet, at this point of my life, the suburbs and countrysides are what I know best. On top of all of this my parents aren't so excited about me going to NY, which I'm guessing is a combination them not wanting me so far away and them, being born and raised in New York, knowing the dangers of a big city.</p>
<p>So yea, I'm kind of at a cross-road in my life so-to-speak. haha.. but I know I can't be the only one going through this so I thought it'd be cool to discuss on CC. So as I asked before, anyone else getting ready go from middletown, America to big-city, USA?</p>
<p>I’m originally from suburban Maryland and now live in Manhattan. I guess that counts? But I went to school in Northern Virginia, so I was pretty immersed in D.C., so NYC doesn’t feel that different to me.</p>
<p>I come from a fairly small town with the closest mall being a half hour drive and until recently the only businesses in town were bars (Now there’s a dollar store).</p>
<p>I’m moving to a suburban campus which is going to be really different for me because I won’t need to find a ride to get something to eat or go somewhere and going to “the city” will only take 20 minutes (The closest city to me right now is Pittsburgh which is an hour away.)</p>
<p>Jersey suburbs to upper west side :D</p>
<p>Small town in New England to Manhattan here. The neighborhood I’m in (the same one as PL’s) is pretty residential and resembles a traditional college town in many ways. I don’t think my transition to city life was that jarring, especially since I’m so used to cities (born in one, used to live near one). I was so ready to get out of a place where everything’s closed by 9 pm on the weekends.</p>
<p>At the beginning, though, I was pretty humbled by the idea of being just a nameless face in the crowd (this feeling having to do with moving to a bigger school as well). It amazed me that I could go from my sheltered campus life to midtown in just twenty minutes and that the latter had a completely different atmosphere and culture.</p>
<p>Hey! I’m going to start Pace in the fall, but I’m going to the Pville campus. I think if you’re really nervous about NYC you should go to the Pville campus, it’s a nice medium I think. Here’s my story: I actually used to live in Philly and then I moved to the South NJ suburbs. While it’s isn’t country Texas, I had a lot of adjustment to do. I hate that that you need a car to go everywhere in the burbs. And everything is far apart and it’s so damn quite. lol So I realized that I am city girl at heart, and I know that I’ll live in a city for the most of my life so for college I decided that I wanted to live in suburban and more nature-like campus. It’s such a great time in my life and I wanted it to be different from life after college. And when I’m really needing a city atmosphere, NYC is quick 45 minute train ride. 
I think the Pace in Pleasantville, is a great balance for this reason.</p>
<p>My town in Ohio has 500 residents, with no gas station, and only one restaurant. I’m going to Chicago this fall.</p>
<p>WOW JB no gas station?!? What do your people think bout you moving to the birthplace of the skyscraper?? haha congrats on making it and hope you enjoy the move!!</p>
<p>And congrats as well Dreamin in Japan!! If all goes well I’ll be there in a year, haven’t decided which campus but I am really leaning towards NYC. (I have an uncle who just got promoted to work right across the street at City Hall) I can’t help imagining the view from my potential dorm at Maria’s Tower… </p>
<p>Oh and anyone else notice the reversed trend our generation is going through?? During our parents or grandparents days the American Dream was making it out of the city, buying a house, being married with kids and “settling down” in the suburbs. Now those kids (our generation) who have come up in the suburbs are dieing to get out and “make it” in the big cities. </p>
<p>It’s basically one big circle of life… haha… I’ve read in a couple places that said statistically THAT IS what’s happening for most of the young pop. It’s the first time in years that more people are moving into the cities than out of them.</p>
<p>Haha same story as most of you: I was born in D.C. and raised near it, but I never considered myself a “city kid” until I moved to rural, western Maryland. The most we have is a grocery that was recently built (everyone complained about it), and a strip of local stores owned by a pretty famous writer. We did just get a Subway restaurant though But the place is pretty…country haha. There’s actually a farm right across the street from me, and cows graze there often. I hated it when I moved here; it took forever to get used to roosters crowing at 5 am, the quiet… I probably hate the lack of activity though; there’s literally nothing to do, since everything is so far away. But the scenery is great. Mountains, and lots of green. Beautiful.</p>
<p>I’m used to all this now, but I can’t wait to get back into city life. I’ll be in Manhattan this fall, and I guess I’m feeling more excited than nervous, though I do understand where you’re coming from. I’m just not cut out for country style living. And like you, I sometimes hide this slight drawl that I’ve picked up, especially around my cousins. They picked on me for hours when they first heard it.</p>
<p>From suburb small town in Oklahoma to South Central downtown Los Angeles! LOL. I moved alot though so it wasn’t that big of a deal</p>
<p>I’m gonna be the opposite. I’m moving from Chicago to most likely all small suburban towns. Gonna be weird to actually see stars and not hear city noise. I probably won’t be able to sleep because it’ll be too quiet lol.</p>
<p>Good luck to you.</p>
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<p>Most people, including my parents, are a bit shocked. But every time I’ve been in a large city, I’ve felt completely at home. I love the big city water pressure, all the restaurants, the presence of sidewalks, and the absence of the manure stench in the air. For anyone who thinks rural areas have fresh air, you may want to consider that a bit more carefully…</p>
<p>^ Omg, yes! And it always feels like every farmer lays that crap down on the same day, so that the entire town just smells like…manure. I hate that.</p>
<p>In my town, they all apply it on different days, so it smells like that perpetually. Sometimes I smell it even during the winter. And when it’s not manure in the air, it’s fertilizer, stale dust from the fields, or alfalfa from the open trucks that seem to lose half their loads when they transport it.</p>
<p>We get the smell of decomposing wildlife and flora around here (Thanks to the large patches of deciduous forests) along with the manure smells.</p>
<p>^^ i loled when you said when you said you loved big city water pressure and the fact it had sidewalks… not laughin at you JB, but the fact that most people take that kinda stuff for granted without second thought… jus opened my eyes for a quick second, lol I just never once thought to be thankful for the good water pressure we have here…</p>
<p>However I can, unfortunately, relate to the manure part… about once a year we get some mulch to put around the yard for upkeep i guess… my school does the same aswell so it’s like every fall for a couple weeks the smell of manure outside is inescapable… 
haha but I can’t complain… We have gas stations and shopping centers at every corner around here, seriously…</p>
<p>Honest to god, around my way we have two gas stations right across the street from eachother… Then we have a Kroger and one street over there’s a Target, and across the street from that there’s a Walmart, and a little further down from THAT there’s an HEB… Oh and inside the walmart there’s a mcdonalds and right outside that very walmart (you know the one with a mcdonalds in it…) there’s a… you guessed it… ANOTHER F***IN MCDONALDS, which is next to a wendys, which is next to a taco bell, which is next to a pizza hut… maan I can go on for days, somebody stop me… and they wonder why everyone in TX is obese…</p>