Are You a Queer Floridian Contemplating a Move to New York City?
Is New York City going to be this shitty?On Monday of this week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveiled an ad campaign to coax LGBTQ+ Floridians who are upset about the new “don’t say gay” law to move to Gotham. “We want you here in New York,” Adams said. “This is the city of Stonewall.
This is the city where we are proud to talk about how you can live in a comfortable setting and not be harassed, not be abused — not only as adults but also as young people.”I found some irony in this campaign.
When things got tough in New York City for me — and trust me, it does get brutally tough sometimes — I usually headed to South Beach to blow off some steam, and revel in the sun, sand, waves, and nightlife on Ocean Drive and beyond.
And on each trip, I contemplated moving there. For years, South Beach became the place to go and somewhere I wanted to live.Now, it seems, New York City is the place to go and the place to live and relieve all the worry.The whole concept of escaping to Florida has been flipped on its head by Mayor Adams.
