And I don't attach the latter to 'letting go' of my youth.

I really have that old school Bridge and Tunnel stigma thing.

Moving to the burbs tastes too much like failure or settling for mediocrity.

Plus, the Metro-North is the most depressing channel of transportation on the planet. Feels like everyone crawled onto the train with a brown bag of Bud Light to die.

Age is a privilege. Globally, most cultures respect elders. The United States is one of the only places on Earth where age is considered a weakness, and you're utterly disposable once you can no longer work the assembly line. I love my gray hairs. I earned every one of them.