just woke up to gawker's linking to this nyt article on the notion of LEAVING NY here . very timely after all of these discussions we've been having about, "who stays and who goes." i'm counting myself out. i was looking at apartments in austin ysterday and they have beautiful floor to ceilinged window studios for about 400, three steps from the UTA shuttle and in a nice neighborhood. why, why? it's mark of true, unyeilding love that i'd actually consider living in some basement in queens for 1,200 a month just to be near my friends. true love. remember that my friends.