Had something to do with a transfer by my employer (based at the time in Toledo, now in Morristown, NJ).
I have escaped the socialist wasteland known as New York City for the more conservative areas known as ‘upstate*’. Unfortunately that albatross at the bottom end of the Hudson River politically sinks (and stinks up) the entire state.
I manage to visit ‘home’ periodically since my baby Sister still lives in the city with the Iron Triagle. Last time I visited a fire breathing dragon with a Nickle Plate name on it came through town..
(*Upstate to a NYC denizen is anywhere outside of the five boroughs that is not called Long Island or Westchester.. In my case the Cesspool is about 70 miles away..)