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8. Three Reasons

(SHARON and JACK are on the phone. JACK is in New York City, SHARON is in a small town in New Hampshire.)

SHARON: It’s just so boring here. I’m dying.

JACK: You should move to New York!

SHARON: Haha, maybe I should.

JACK: I’m serious!

SHARON: But I haaaate New York.

JACK: I don’t get that!

SHARON: Why not?

JACK: Because New York is great!

SHARON: I mean, to be perfectly honest, I am considering it.

JACK: Really?!

SHARON: I dunno. It’d be better than this shit town.

JACK: Exactly!

SHARON: But I mean, why New York, that’s the thing.

JACK: Why New York?! Because New York is awesome.

SHARON: No, but compared to like, Chicago, or San Francisco or something.

JACK: Nah, New York is way better than both of those cities combined.

SHARON: I just don’t like cities!

JACK: You’ll get used to it!

SHARON: Alright. Well. I’ll move to New York if you give me three good reasons why I should.

JACK: Seriously? Okay. Well. There’s lot of jobs.

SHARON: I dunno about that, in this economy.

JACK: No no no, it’s bad, but there’s still more jobs in New York than Bumfuck New Hampshire.

SHARON: Hey! That’s my home town you’re talking about.

JACK: Okay, well, there’s a lot to do. You can find everything, anything you want.

SHARON: I’ll give you that.

JACK: Great. That’s two reasons right there.

SHARON: I still don’t know about the jobs.

JACK: There’s a lot of great restaurants.

SHARON: That falls under the realm of “lots to do.”

JACK: What?

SHARON: There’s a lot to do. That’s one thing. Separate things you can do don’t count as more reasons, that’s too easy.

JACK: Oh.

SHARON: So, jobs – I mean, technically, that’s something to do, but I’ll give it to you, that’s one. Two: lots to do. Three?

JACK: Um…

SHARON: I really don’t like cities that much.

JACK: Well, there’s the people.

SHARON: The people?

JACK: Yeah, the people here are really great, and friendly, and warm.

SHARON: That’s the exact opposite of everything I have ever heard about New Yorkers.

JACK: Well, not all the people are mean.

SHARON: You’re being so convincing.

JACK: No! Seriously. There’s a lot of really nice people. People who care. People who just want to be friends and hang out.

SHARON: I can find people like that anywhere.

JACK: …Okay.

SHARON: Seriously, no one place has “special” people. Everyone is the same everywhere. I can find friends anywhere.

JACK: Well, what about me?

I’ve been super busy lately. We’re going into tech week for our next show and I had to be in the office and then do focus, so it’s been hectic. And I know I didn’t post anything yesterday. I feel bad. But people fail and I shouldn’t lose my mind over it. :/

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