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Outside my ground-floor apartment in Brooklyn, left; outside my home on Long Island, New York, right.
- A year ago, I moved from the city to the suburbs - like many other millennials.
- After seven years in New York City, I now live in a town in Nassau County, Long Island, which is about 40 minutes from Manhattan.
- There's closer proximity to nature, more space, more quiet, and far fewer people - and all of these things have helped reduce my stress levels and improve my sleep.
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It turns out I'm a typical millennial: Like many other people of my generation, after a decade of living in cities, I've moved to the suburbs.
The 'burbs often find themselves as the butt of the joke and, a few years ago, I was probably the one making them. But after living in London for two years and New York City for seven, I moved to Nassau County on Long Island - about 40 minutes from Manhattan - and I can't help but feel I've had the last laugh.
A year later, and I'm a proud advocate of living in the suburbs: I sleep better, spend less (on some things!), and live a healthier lifestyle - while enjoying more space and colliding with fewer people. There's no going back.
Here are 12 reasons why I love life in the suburbs.