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    3 months ago

    I’m in Orlando. It’s like if you punched out a single neighborhood in LA and plopped it into the center of Florida. And, somehow, a little over 3 million people live here. It is not a walkable city. I suppose one can get around certain parts of it with an electric bike, but not much. Public transit here is a joke.

    I don’t really have any means of transportation at the moment. I’m just hoping to save up enough to get back to the city.

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        3 months ago

        I’ll say this about Orlando: it’s the best part of Florida. And man, that is a low fucking bar.

        I grew up here as a kid, and I escaped to New York as a teenager. As a gay man, I’m really really glad I’m not living anywhere else in the state.

        At least it’s pretty, but I miss being able to see the ocean from my rooftop. I miss the rivers. I miss being able to see the dolphins and the whales in the Hudson River. The red tailed hawk that would land on my fire escape every morning.

        I miss so much