秋の終わりに、引っ越しをした。
コロナ後のマンハッタンは、世界中からの観光客が戻り、家賃も断続的に上昇。
長男が大学寮に移り、少しスケールダウンするには良いタイミングだと、
14年間暮らしたアパートから、意を決しての民族大移動。
ニューヨークの賃貸アパートは常に借り手市場だから、
物件探し、入居審査、契約、諸手続き、引っ越しまでがあっという間。
瞬時に意思決定をしないと、良い物件はすぐに他の借り手に渡ってしまうし、
引っ越し屋の手配も間に合わなくなる。
引っ越し前に断捨離をしようと思っていたのに、まったく時間がなくて、
結果、引っ越し先で段ボール箱を開けながら、地道に片付けること数週間。
ようやく生活ペースができた頃には、もうホリデーシーズン真っ只中。
引っ越し前夜、屋上から眺めた空がすでに懐かしい。
今度のアパートは、ビルの隙間からだけ、朝日がのぞく。
故郷の空も、忘れてしまった。
At the end of this fall, we moved out.
Post-COVID-19, Manhattan has seen a return of tourists worldwide, and rents have risen intermittently.
My oldest son moved to a college dormitory, and we decided it was a good time to downsize, so we moved from the apartment we had lived in for the past 14 years.
New York City's apartment market has always been a renter's market,
Finding a place to live, screening, signing a lease, and moving in is very fast.
If you don't decide in a moment, a good apartment will be rented out to another tenant in no time,
And you won't be able to arrange a mover in time.
I had planned to declutter before moving, but there was no time at all,
As a result, I spent several weeks steadily putting things away while opening cardboard boxes at the new location.
By the time I had finally settled into a comfortable pace of life, it was already the middle of the holiday season.
I already missed the view of the sky from the rooftop the night before we moved in.
In my new apartment, the morning sun peeks out only through the gaps between the buildings.
I have forgotten the sky of my hometown.
