My first year living in the city was an adjustment period.
My environment was radically different from where I had been born and raised.
I had to adjust to my new job, and my new office, but I also had to adjust to city life. Things work differently in the city than they do in the country. Owning a car in the city is a huge hassle, so I sold my car. I found an apartment close to my job, and after that I no longer needed a car. Which is good because cannabis is legal in this city, so all that money I was spending on my car was now going towards buying marijuana. The one adjustment that was very easy to make in my transition was adapting to the presence of so many cannabis dispensaries. Back in high school if I wanted to get marijuana I had to drive out to Crazy Ed’s farm. Crazy Ed sold amazing cannabis, but he always carried a shotgun with him in case someone tried to rip him off. No one ever did! In the city I have a dozen different cannabis dispensaries within walking distance, and none of them aim a shotgun at me. It is so refreshing to be able to sample several different strains of cannabis, or to try something new every time I go there. I do not miss owning a car at all, and very much appreciate having all this extra cash to spend at the cannabis dispensaries, because there are so many products I still want to try.