I moved from Oregon to Philadelphia for the city life, but missed the outdoors and my car. I left less than a year later.

After graduating, a writer moved from Oregon to Philadelphia for a job but returned to their college town less than a year later. The move was driven by a desire for city life, but the writer missed easy access to mountain hiking, snow sports, and their car. Having grown up in San Diego and attended college in Eugene, Oregon, the writer was accustomed to an outdoor-focused lifestyle with a social circle of surfers, skaters, snowboarders, and mountain bikers. The experience highlighted the lifestyle differences between the two locations.

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