Welcome to the Moth podcast. I'm your host for this week, Jodi Powell. This episode is all about city living. There's a couple of common refrains 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

story 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 as 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 fricking 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.

Beer in Fenway, Franks, and Boston.

Both are located by large bodies of water.

Both have great TV series set there.

Laverne and Shirley and Shears, where everyone knows your name.

That's what I thought.

So I loaded up my Chevrolet Beretta.

I got my triptics, and I drove all the way to Massachusetts.

It wasn't until I got to the rotary at A-O-Wife off of Route 2,

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