Newly single and 42, I left Connecticut for Montreal on a whim. People told me I was brave.
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Erin Levi found a furnished one-bedroom apartment in Montreal's Little Italy for $775 a month, including utilities and WiFi.
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Moving from Connecticut to Canada gave Erin Levi a panic attack.Provided by Erin LeviLast summer, Erin Levi left Connecticut and moved to Montreal on her own. She barely knew anyone in the city, and relocating at 42 gave her a panic attack.Moving to a new city while working for herself was hard, but it made her feel brave.Last summer, I left my life in Connecticut behind and moved to Montreal on a whim, without a plan.People told me I was brave.Really? I'm a travel journalist. I've followed a snow leopard expert across Nepal; I've lived with a family in Uzbekistan who didn't speak English; and I've had a private encounter with the King of Bhutan. Montreal is only a 6-hour drive from my hometown in Connecticut. It didn't seem brave to me. It seemed, frankly, safe.Yet moving here at 42 gave me a panic attack. I hadn't been to Canada in more than 12 years and barely knew anyone.After my parents dropped me off, we spent a few days exploring my new city together, where it's easy to get by…