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Welcome to the moth podcast. I'm your host for this week, Judy Powell

This episode is all about city living

There's a couple of common reference you've probably heard about the lifestyle. It's expensive, it's loud, it's crowded and

Take it from a New York City resident. They're all true. You might even be able to hear some of the noise in this recording

What's not so easy to put in a neat list are the moments that keep us in the city

The joy that springs up every once in a while to remind you why you came here in the first place

So our two stories this week are all about finding that beauty in the chaos of the city

Our first storyteller of this week is David Brown

David told this at a stories slam in Boston where the theme of the night was voyage. Here's David live at the moth

So I moved to Boston 20 years ago. I moved from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

To take a job at Channel 5 is a morning meteorologist. I had never been to Boston before I moved here

I believe right now that Boston is frickin awesome

20 years ago. I didn't even know what frickin and awesome put together what that meant

On paper Milwaukee and Boston are the same

Same population both cold and snowy in Milwaukee. It's beer and brats

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