Onto New Places!

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It's not all that hard to go someplace you've never been before (sic). I've lived in and near New York City for most of my twenty two years and I was, what, fourteen (?), the first time I went to visit The Statue of Liberty. And the only reason why I went then was that my relatives from Canada were visiting. I live twenty minutes and a short boat ride away from The Statue of Liberty and it took me fourteen years to see it up close and personal?

Maybe it's just me, but I've also never been inside my neighbor's home. I've never given them reason to invite me over for dinner; hell, I never invite them over for dinner. There are so many places I haven't been that are within walking distance, it's not really that hard to go someplace I've never been every day. I suppose that once a year I could go to distant lands (I've never been there before) but come on!

Is the world so small that 'someplace I've never been' can only include a different country? A different state even? There are even parts of my backyard I haven't explored!

A couple weeks ago was the first time I walked along the main street in my town and I've lived in my town for, like, nine years! (Side note: oh, gosh, I'm getting old.)

Some place I've never been, huh, Dalai Lama? I can do that. Thanks for the advice.