Roommates. Apartment hunting. The single life. Competition. The New York persona. Ah, New York - a city filled with anything you can possibly imagine. What is it like to move here with nothing and build a new life? I'm Harlan. Before I lived here, I was a nice boy from the South. One day, I decided to make the move to New York to see what would happen. This is one side of an eight-million-sided story. New York Story is a book of essays about living, loving, and surviving in New York. It's humorous and heartfelt, with a smidge of advice gained from experience thrown in. What happens when a place changes your life overnight? What does it mean to start over in a new city? Told in an honest, original voice, this is my story. To New York.