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A.V. Marraccini on X: "I didn't honestly think I would automatically love NYC, or necessarily love it at all, as is the expectation. But every great city is only lovable as your city, once it becomes your city in the way the loop of the local suburban Target aisles in your suburb of Miami was yours." / X

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To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Messages Home Explore Notifications Messages Grok Lists Bookmarks Communities Premium Profile More Post anj @anjal11111 Post See new posts Conversation A.V. Marraccini @saintsoftness · 21h I grew up in an American suburb lived in London, Berlin, and now NYC-- and I think every city is that city. The exurban flâneur knows stretches of long highway that feel like Mountain Goats songs; the Brooklyn one romanticises peeling lamppost paint and the vagaries of subways. Quote Will Evans @willevans · 22h It’s nice to live in cities that require an active relationship with to love. I remember moving here & a new friend saying “It’s a subtle beauty.” Take this as an open call that I’d love to publish books by anyone in DFW romanticizing their life in every weird way imaginable! x.com/shreyabasu003/… 3 11 285 16K A.V. Marraccini @saintsoftness I didn't honestly think I would automatically love NYC, or necessarily love it at

@saintsoftness: I didn't honestly think I would automatically love NYC, or necessarily love it at all, as is the expectation. But every great city is only lovable as your city, once it becomes your city in the way the loop of the local suburban Target aisles in your suburb of Miami was yours.

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