living in nyc has skewed my perspective of time so much, because as long as it's "in the city," i consider it a reasonable trip. this 2 hour subway trip means nothing to me. of course it's 2 hours. why wouldn't it be? this is reasonable.
i like astoria because i get to wake up and decide if i want to go to the afghan coffee shop, the bengali coffee shop, the filipino coffee shop, the egyptian coffee shop, the japanese coffee shop, the yemeni coffee shop, or the greek coffee shop