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I have a soft spot for unrealistic, romanticized photographs of American cities. Bonus points if there’s a mountains in the background.
Related: USA tourism video
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My prejudice against L.A is that it’s not funny. In New York the cabbies are funny, the garbagemen are funny, the elevator guy is funny. Here, nobody is funny, except the comedians that moved here from other places.
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Early on this year, around march, I decided I wanted a new york state drivers license. If you’ve lived here longer than three months, you can’t drive without one.
The process took a lot longer than expected. To get it, I sat a written test to get my learners, a five hour seminar about road safety, drove around chinatown with a teacher who didn’t speak english (but still shouted at me) and finally a road test in Red Hook. Getting this piece of plastic with my name on it became a really important mission for me.
Why? I can’t really say. But passing the test made me incredibly happy.
I think the license is a physical commitment / dedication to new york, to my life, and how I apply myself to anything. It’s a small antidote to life in foreign country on a visa.
Find your drivers license, whatever that is – go after it, get it.