I worried that leaving New York City for a suburb out West would make me boring. It did the opposite.

To my surprise, I've loved the benefits of living in a suburb near Seattle. Misha Scott I always wanted to live in a major city, but I started feeling exhausted by day-to-day life in LA. I hoped New York would be a better fit, but then I got priced out of my apartment. My partner and I moved to a Seattle suburb, and life here has surprised me in the best way. If you had asked me in high school where the most interesting people live, I would have had an immediate answer: the city. Namely, Lo...