Have you
always lived in the south?
“I was born
in Mobile, Alabama. We lived in Tallahassee for a bit, but we ended up in
Birmingham.”
What is your
favorite part of being southern?
"My family.
Most of my family is down there. It’s me, my sister, and my parents. We’re all
pretty tight. My grandparents and my cousins are within driving distance.
Another thing I love is driving, I miss doing that. You can’t really do that
here… you don’t want to do that here.”
When did you
move to New York, and why did you decide to move?
“I moved
here almost 2 years ago to go to The King’s College. One of my good friends
that I grew up with came to King’s her freshman year, and she told me about it.
I loved the school, the small community, and New York City. I love Disney and
film. You can get a lot of both of those things here. There’s a focus in the
city, specifically in film. When films are released they come to New York and
LA first, and that’s a pretty cool opportunity.”
Are there
any places you go or things you do in the city that remind you of the south?
"Walking
through the woods in Central Park, it’s something that you can’t get anywhere
else in Manhattan. It feels so different. Central Park is so New York, but the
woods are so not New York. It reminds me of hiking back home, there’s a lot of
green back home.”
What do you
miss most about the south?
“I miss
drinking coffee on my back porch. There’s just a whole lot more space there. I
obviously miss my backyard. In the south you can just drive to so many
different places, visit friends, go hiking. There’s the city of Birmingham, so
you can kind of get it all. You can see the starts at night. There’s just a
peace to that, and I didn’t notice it before. There’s also an added appreciation
for my parents and what they do. The quality time with them, I miss that a
lot.”
Do you think
that you will ever move back to the south?
“I don’t
know if I will move back to Alabama. If I could guess where I will be in 5
years I would guess it would be in the southeast.”
Awesome!!!
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