Love, Leaving, and New York City

Shounak Bagchi
6 min readOct 16, 2019
Photo by Luca Bravo on Unsplash

As I departed New York after a two year stint, people asked me what I initially desired most out of my time in America’s largest metropolis.

I told everyone I simply wanted to fall in love with New York. But even more than that, I wanted New York to fall in love with me.

Before I wax on about my time in the Big Apple, let me address the elephant in the room. Leaving New York pieces…

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Shounak Bagchi

Founder of Honest Wednesdays and pragmatic optimist.