Christina Horsten and Felix Zeltner tried not to panic when they were hit with a $400 rent hike on their Park Slope, Brooklyn, apartment in 2016, and realized they would have to move for the second time in two years. But rather than despair about the unanticipated upheaval, they hit upon an unconventional idea: Why not embrace the disruption and move to a new neighborhood every month for a year? The more they thought about it, the more sense it made. Since Ms. Horsten’s work as a journalist for German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur had brought them to New York in 2012, she and Mr. Zeltner, a freelance journalist and a founder of Work Awesome, a company that organizes conferences, trips and workshops, had both loved the long days they spent exploring far-flung corners of the city. Moving to a new neighborhood every month would be something of a logistical nightmare, especially with their toddler, Emma, in tow, but it might also transform an unavoidable hassle into an adventure.

Source: New York Times March 18, 2019 09:00 UTC