Invisible Cities
︎︎︎ Gideon Leek
︎ June 20, 2025
Back when I lived in New York,
everyone talked about moving.
“I’m going to grad school in Montana.”
“There’s a job for me in Ohio.”
“My uncle has a fishing boat in Alaska.”
None of them understood.
You don’t have to go far.
You don’t need a small town—
to disappear, to isolate, to reinvent yourself.
You just need to leave New York.
Trust me,
Philadelphia and Chicago are remote.
It’ll feel like breathing on the moon.
everyone talked about moving.
“I’m going to grad school in Montana.”
“There’s a job for me in Ohio.”
“My uncle has a fishing boat in Alaska.”
None of them understood.
You don’t have to go far.
You don’t need a small town—
to disappear, to isolate, to reinvent yourself.
You just need to leave New York.
Trust me,
Philadelphia and Chicago are remote.
It’ll feel like breathing on the moon.
Gideon Leek is a Brooklyn-based writer.