Why I Moved to New York City – Hollywood is Far Behind the Times

It’s time to get the hell out of Dodge. After living in Los Angeles (in lovely Sherman Oaks) for four years, it was time to get out. I moved there back in late 2008 because FirstShowing.net (my second company since age 14) was getting bigger, and it was time to move away from my childhood home of Colorado Springs into the big city of Hollywood. The local paper even wrote a story about me moving out there. But I’ll admit now, something didn’t feel right. I never liked LA. Any time I visited, something felt off about it. Now I’ve made a decision to do something that I’ve wanted to do my entire life – I moved to New York City. Why, you ask? Editor’s Note: Some of these thoughts were originally written before Superstorm Sandy left the East Coast in ruins. However, the courage and tenacity and love I’ve observed …