Do you remember the 1997 commencement speech called Wear Sunscreen? It was said that Kurt Vonnegut gave the speech at MIT’s commencement that year. In reality, Mary Schmich wrote an article for the Chicago Tribute titled Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young. She wrote that it would be the commencement speech she would give if she were asked to give one.
At one point in the article Schmich advises, Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. You don’t have to live in NYC to know, on a cerebral level, what Schmich is saying here. NYC is both an incredible place to experience and a hard place to live.
Many of you have visited and/or live in NYC. Tell me, what makes NYC incredible? And what makes it hard to live here?
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