"I was born and raised in New York and spent my last twenty years living in Brooklyn. I just didn't want to be anywhere else. Not even in 2016, when I moved with my then-boyfriend, who is now my husband, to Santa Cruz. Even though it was beautiful there, I just wasn't happy. I had to get back to the city, back to New York. So we moved after only two and a half years in California."
"I thought I wouldn't be moving again, but in 2024, my husband got a really good job opportunity in Montreal. He's an agronomist who works in indoor agriculture. He had the opportunity to help start up a greenhouse division for a national company there, which was right up his alley. As you can imagine, there's not a lot of agriculture in New York City. I'm a freelance marketer and can work from anywhere,"
"I hired a relocation coach to help me with the move We had to wait for my son to finish the school year in New York, so from January to July, we focused on planning the move. The thought of leaving New York was really hard. I mean, all my friends and family are there. And even though Canada isn't geographically far from New York, it's still a different environment - especially Quebec, which is a French-speaking province."
I was born and raised in New York and lived twenty years in Brooklyn before briefly relocating to Santa Cruz in 2016 and returning after two and a half years. In 2024 my husband received a Montreal job to help start a greenhouse division for a national indoor-agriculture company. I work as a freelance marketer and can work remotely, but leaving friends and family in New York felt difficult. Quebec's French-speaking environment and memories of the California mismatch created anxiety. I hired a relocation coach who focused on priorities and emotional readiness while we planned the move from January to July, waiting for our son to finish school.
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