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When I was 18, I was moving to New York to start college at The New School. I had done a year of college in Toronto and wasn't happy there. I didn't have any friends in New York City, but I applied and got in. It was pretty overwhelming, but everyone in New York is so ambitious and creative.

— Stacey Farber

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Right when I turned 18, I moved to New York, originally for school, and then dropped out and just lived in New York.

— Alia Shawkat

I went to New York for the first time when I was in college for a school trip and, uh, it did not appeal to me. It was too much hustle and bustle. And I have since now found a New York where if I lived there now, I know where I would want to live.

— Allison Tolman

I left home when I turned 17 and ran away to New York. I did a lot of moving. I was based in New York and country-hopping, so I was always 'the new girl'.

— Sarah Roemer

The time I spent in New York when I was 17 gave me the confidence to pursue my dreams with my whole heart.

— Leslie Odom, Jr.

I was raised in New York and then moved to Miami in my teenage years, returning to New York later on.

— Dascha Polanco

I got to New York when I was eighteen. I was knocking around, trying to be an actor, writer, musician, whatever happened.

— Sam Shepard

My mom graduated from the University of Michigan, which is a great school. Then she got her Master's from NYU. She wanted to be an actress, so when she graduated, she had a dream, and she started following it. She moved to New York and took acting classes with people like Denzel Washington.

— Big Sean

I think you're lucky if you discover what you really love at a young age. College wasn't something I was going to do. I wanted to keep acting, and I didn't want to go to New York or California and pound the pavement.

— Gary Sinise

✗Opposing Perspectives

I moved to New York when I was 21 or 22 as a graduate fellow.

— Scott Westerfeld

I moved to New York when I was 17 and I had no idea what I was doing. I really thought I was going to take that city by storm and it taught me a lot; it was like the school of life. For me, it was like a series of really hilarious experiences in New York with getting jobs and getting fired.

— Dreama Walker