While most of us dream of living in a place like Hawaii with wind and waves at your disposal, many Maui residents often feel the need to escape Island life, Graham is no exception.
GE: “Maui, I love-slash-hate it, I guess. Growing up here, I know everybody. In the grocery store, out to eat and at the post office, so I run into someone every 5 minutes. I like the small-town feel, but I need a dose of anonymity too. I need to spend time in places where I can go somewhere or do something without anyone knowing. So yes, Maui is great for windsurfing and watersports. And it is beautiful. But there is a huge cultural-deficit. There are talented people living on the island. Artists, successful businessmen and Pulitzer-prize-winning writers, but they moved to Maui to get away from society, so there are no communities. I find myself spending a lot of time in New York City. All my friends from Princeton live there now, making NYC a sort of small town too. When I’m there, I run into people in coffee shops and on the street. But it’s New York City – one of the biggest cultural hotspots in the world”