This is an All-Ears English Podcast episode 1590, kicking and screaming all the way to kickball.

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Hey Lindsay, how's it going?

Going great, Michelle. How are you? What's going on?

I'm good. I'm good. I am still at my parents, so that is nice.

But yeah, you grew up in the suburbs, right?

I did. Yeah, I grew up in kind of a suburban role area, actually.

Yeah. I think so right now you live in Denver.

Is there any chance you'd move to the suburbs one day or would someone have to drag you kicking

and screaming? They would totally have to drive and kicking and screaming.

I've already said I will not move to the suburbs.

Not the suburbs like that are so typical that all the houses look the same.

There's no cafes, there's no interesting restaurants, no good food.

I do, I like the city life. Me too. We're so similar in that way.

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