Far from becoming yesterday’s chip paper, the ripples of the piece seemed to only widen with time. My Instagram account was viewed by 29,000 people in a week. Six radio stations got in touch requesting interviews. 277 men slid into my DMs...

It wasn’t just the rental prices that pushed me out. The truth was that I felt burned up and burned out by my home city: its pressures, expectations, crowds and cruelty.