I think this is right?

I'm not internet savvy and I had to have a friend show me how to get on here, so hopefully this is right. Apparently 4th time's the charm.

Moving to Columbia has been a whirlwind these first few weeks. I love cities and meeting new people, but I'm still unsettled. I knew that moving here and going to a city campus would be different, but not this different. I guess the hardest thing to get used to is that this is not a typical college experience. I live in a 28 floor building that feels like a hotel. Everyone I meet is pretty into art or some form of it. There are also many extremes of people regarding their interests. Sometimes I wish I was back in New England in a college town where everything revolves around the school and its stereotypical institutions. I feel like it would just be easier. Security at those colleges isn't as big of a "to-do" and the party rules are way more slack. Not that I think college should be one big party, I just feel like Columbia puts a lot of limitations specifically how many people I can sign in. At all of my friends schools guests don't need to be signed in and they have actual keys to their dorms. They also have smaller, close knit communities. Dorms are only 5 floors and everyone knows everyone. Columbia is intimidating at first glance, but with each passing day, the more I love it even though it is way different than my former life. Before I came here I lived in a pretty small suburb 5 minutes outside Boston. Everyone knows everyone and there is only one high school. I could have friends over my house or we could take a bus into Boston which is way more mellow than Chicago. Chicago is always bustling and I feel like it's hard to relax. Even when I cross the street I have to be on my toes despite the sign telling me to go. I'm positive the longer I live here the more comfortable I'll become, but until then, I'm beginning to envy the things about my former life that I used to take for granted.