New York isn’t for everybody. Usually, if you’re not from NY, you had to have at least experienced bits and pieces of it throughout your life in order to fully appreciate the city once you’ve become an adult. And moving from Utah to the Big Apple may be an adjustment as well. That’s why Deron Williams is still adjusting.
But in Deron’s case, he has children which certainly throws any sort of living arrangement for a loop. Either way, he apparently still escapes to Utah in order to breath.
“I’m not going to lie. I don’t really feel so much like a New Yorker. I grew up in an apartment in Texas where you could send your kids outside like ‘yeah, go play in the sun.’ Here it’s more challenging. The process of getting them into school is a nightmare. Even private schools where you pay are an ordeal. In Utah, you just send your kids to the first public school in the area because they’re all great. Truth is, we enjoy getting away from the hustle and bustle and going back to Utah every summer. It’s a relief to take that timeout. No traffic. No crowds. My daughters still have their friends there. There’s a big backyard. They go to the pool; the playground and they jump on the trampoline. Kids running wild and free here (in New York)…? I don’t think so.”
H/T: The Brooklyn Game
