This isn't really what you had in mind when you posted this I'm afraid. But since no one else has replied to your post, I thought I'd offer this here. I own an audio CD of the music soundtrack from the PBS TV series "New York". (Although I now live in the Midwest, I'm from New York [State] originally.) I love the music from that soundtrack. But it makes me feel so very sad.

As I listen, so many memories come flooding back... some of those fond memories you mentioned. But also so many memories of all terrible wreckage I left behind. Yes, I stand my ground. I'm a practitioner of the Buddhist technique called "compassionate abiding". I breathe into those memories & smile to them. Sometimes I'll even place my hand over my heart as a sign of lovingkindness & compassion for them. But oh... the pain...