Relocation To A Modern City Gifts

Birds on a wire, "Bernie?...Oh he's gone cable!"

"Living in a city with functional infrastructure must be so boring."

"Tight......this isn't tight...now a New York City apartment......that's tight."

"M'lady, we’ve reached peak Brooklyn."

Carefree luggage.

THE PIED PIPER OF GRAMERCY PARK

We're here at House of Java cafe at an all-too-familiar scene. House of Java.net Cybercafe. Tommy Jones, a local boy, has been caught stealing a scone. A minor offense? Not to the cafe's proprietor. He's demanding the boy be sentenced as an adult. But I'm eight! Wahhh! Add a year to the sentence for whining and crying.

Omara Portuondo

Handbag store - "Perfect."

The Henderson's move to a vertical city took some getting used to.

"The woman on the fire escape who acted like it was a balcony"

Culture Saturday

Relaxing in the Sun

"It's the sequel to 'Cooking for One'."

'With my parents out of the house, I can finally start my long awaited mural project.'

'Looks like Reginald wasn't kidding when he said he's going to start urban farming on the roof...'

Man at penthouse party walks out onto terrace and is startled to see the Earth, instead of the moon, shining in the sky.

Man sees sign stating dog for sale, house and land thrown in.

Why Cows Leave Home

"You had the power to leave all along - just click your heels three times, grab your coat, and sneak out without saying goodbye."

Lift buttons read: East Side/West Side/All Around the Town.

"Excuse me, I think you'll find I've reserved that luggage rack space ..."

"Right now it's between you and two hundred and fifty other people who came to Seattle, moved in with five roommates, joined a band, took a job in a coffee bar, got fed up, had a meeting with themselves, and decided it was time to go out and find a real job."

The stages of gentrification: a guide

Kensington Fluffies

While You Were Out: We Moved!

'I remember when all this was fields.'

'It's a sign of the times, a high rise block of caves reserved for hermits.'

"I like New York, but I miss sleeping drunk on my front lawn."

'Hmmph. Here's an ad for affordable housing five minutes from downtown. By what means? Learjet?'

Converted Parking Garage

"Your animal companionship is here!"

". . . and if I hadn't made that wrong turn at Zlendar-5, I wouldn't have wound up at Happy Harry's and I wouldn't be sitting here with Good Ol' Larry Peterson!"

Entering Megalopolis - next Bucolic area 162 miles.

"This city is becoming unlivable."