July 8, 2020 by Michele Willens · Connection

Longing for Home: Should You Visit if Home Is Now a Hot Spot?

After getting through months of lockdown in New York, Michele Willens flew to her hometown of Los Angeles, yearning for her family and simpler life there. Answer our poll: Are you taking any travel risks?

I am going home. Well, to be clear, I am returning for an extended visit. My East Coast friends--and concerned grown kids—say I’m crazy to head to Los Angeles, one of the hottest spots for COVID, just as things are finally “normalizing” in New York. But like many others, I am craving the familiar, the comfortable, a time and place that certainly had its share of pain and angst, but somehow didn’t feel like this. It’s not that I want to experience my youth again, but that I want to be where there seemed so much to look forward to.

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