Rufus Identity Revealed

Could this be the bitter former New Yorker with too much time on his hands, that he uses to trash the city that he was forced to leave? Ariel Litvin, who is 34, survived three rounds of layoffs at Bear Stearns, only to lose his 80-hour-a-week job as a real estate underwriter in August. So, for roughly five weeks, he took advantage of the down time, visiting friends in various cities around the... [more]

Could this be the bitter former New Yorker with too much time on his hands, that he uses to trash the city that he was forced to leave? Ariel Litvin, who is 34, survived three rounds of layoffs at Bear Stearns, only to lose his 80-hour-a-week job as a real estate underwriter in August. So, for roughly five weeks, he took advantage of the down time, visiting friends in various cities around the country. %u201CFor the two years prior I had basically been living in my cube,%u201D Mr. Litvin said. But job hunting in New York proved fruitless %u2014 and he lost half of his severance money after investing it in Lehman Brothers. So Mr. Litvin and his girlfriend decided to move to Chicago, where she found a position with a real estate firm. He rented out his co-op near Union Square for $3,700 a month and is moving next week. While the job market in Chicago is dreadful, Mr. Litvin said, his housing expenses, at least, will be way down %u2014 $1,800 a month for a two-bedroom in trendy Wicker Park. But he is going grudgingly. %u201CRight now I%u2019m really enjoying being in New York, even though I%u2019m unemployed,%u201D he said. %u201CI%u2019m not ready to leave.%u201D [less]