Crafting Connections in the Heart of Queens
How it Started?
Initiating a walkable living community seems like a realization of an idyllic dream. I miss my college days where my friends were two doors down from me and impromptu debate sessions, movie nights in PJs, and culinary escapades in the common room were the norm.
After college, I had this desire of recreating that vibe. Inspired by the TV Show, Friends, I wanted my own “Friends House”, where all my friends were my neighbors.
However, a walkable living community felt like a distant fantasy for me. I’m in Astoria, a stunning neighborhood with fantastic food, parks, and history, but my friends were lured by the distant charms of Brooklyn and Manhattan. That meant, at the very least, a 40-minute commute for me.
When I first graduated college — this didn’t bother me at all. Initially, I was a consultant so I was traveling 4x a week, so I literally couldn’t make any weekday plans because I was in a different city. Then, the pandemic threw me into a COVID bubble with my folks, so, again, no weekday hangouts. Despite the limitations, the presence of family provided a semblance of social fulfillment.
Fast forward to 2021, I moved out and started to live alone. Living alone is a game-changer for personal growth — unclogging your own toilet and burning my own…