Things I miss about Philly

• Wood floors
• Seasons
• The terms "Yo!", "Wooder", "Iggles", "Vurrry", and "Burrrry".
• Proximity to other cities
• Row houses
• Interesting architecture
• Being 3 hours ahead
• Walk-ability
• People watching
• Our dance studio
• Friends
• Backyard
• Front stoop sitting
• Bars and restaurants with cheap food and beer within walking or biking distance
• The running path on the Schuykill
• Boathouse Row
• The city profile
• Independence Hall
• Cobblestone streets
• Walking
• Basements
• The Phillies
• The Art Museum
• Our little street in our little neighborhood

Things I don't miss about Philly

• Gray skies
• The ice
• The day after the snow
• The bus
• The trash
• The traffic
• My job
• My work facilites
• Au Bon Pain
• The potholes
• The lack of bike lanes
• The honking
• The yelling at bikers
• Trader Joe's on a Sunday afternoon
• How far away I was from my family
• The fact that most of my friends had left the city
• The airport

Things I love about where I am now

• I can go home to see my folks anytime I want
• The sun is out a lot
• Spring is already here
• Bike lanes are everywhere
• I see hawks every day
• There are furry cows on green hills on my drive to work every morning
• I have access to lots of cool stuff at Stanford
• People are genuinely nice and want me to succeed
• I work with really nice people
• I genuinely enjoy my work
• My boss is super cool
• There are mountains, there is ocean
• We have some good friends not too far away
• We are trying to make more friends
• Our benefits are super nice and good
• We are surrounded by technology and a "can do" attitude
• Everything is super NICE
• There is no trash
• Recycling and composting is everywhere
• I have access to the gym for free
• Showers are close by my lab
• I have tons of resources to do some crazy ass experiments
• Everything in the lab is the best quality
• We have two cars
• I have a new bike

Things I could do without where I am now

• The cost of living
• Suburbia
• Our crappy apartment
• The lights that are constantly out at our apartment
• The fact that we can't have a BBQ on our balcony
• My neighbor who snores
• My neighbor who must run everywhere
• No insulation in the apartment
• The fact that housing is so tight, and the cost is so high, we will probably never be able to own in this area (barring a lottery win, I suppose)