"An intolerable fear brought on by the idea of—as a freelance writer—being even more isolated than I already feel nearly ever day of my life because writing is so fucking lonely…"
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“and totally sucks,” he adds, although I wouldn’t go that far.
Part of a fascinating interview with Jonathan Van Meter, a crotchety Manhattanite in his late 40s, on gentrification (I think he’s a little too romantic about the Lower East Side), transformation, and the joys of living “stacked-on-top-of-each-other … above the very bars/nightclubs/shops/restaurants that we frequent (or don’t).”
It is not just in Manhattan that you can do this, of course, but as someone working in an often lonely profession, it strikes me that kind of vertical living is something I respond to well.
