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The Day I Became A Real New Yorker

The Day I Became A Real New Yorker

And I have the scars to prove it.

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Lauren Reeves πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ
Jul 25, 2023
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When I was twenty years old, I quit my job as a tv news reporter in Anchorage, Alaska, and bought a one-way ticket to New York City. I was obsessed with Manhattan and fantasized about the day I’d fin…

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