The Suburban Abyss

Episode 3: We Moved Across the Country During the Pandemic. Here’s How (and Why) Pt.3

I never really liked our house in Boise. Especially when the Great Recession wrecked havoc on our lives and our home value.

 

Waiting it out in a house that seemed to get smaller by the day, we grunted our way through career changes and a stubborn economy that ended up booming in Boise, giving us a big chip to cash in a decade later.

Episode 2: We Moved Across the Country During the Pandemic. Here’s How (and Why) Pt. 2

“What about Hudson?”

“Hudson, Ohio?”

“Yeah.”

“Really?”

Shortly after setting our sights (sort of) on Pittsburgh, Erica comes out of deep, deep left field with the suggestion of moving to Hudson, Ohio, two towns over from where I grew up and home to overpriced gourmet cupcakes and well-to-do sweater boys named Sasha and Hunter and Chase.

Episode 1: We Moved Across the Country During the Pandemic. Here’s How (and Why) Pt. 1

"It started with Pittsburgh."

The debut episode of The Suburban Abyss takes us back to Boise, Idaho, January 2020 – post-holiday/pre-COVID – and the innocuous Parade magazine listicle that planted the seeds for our move back East.