The Bachelorette alum Andi Dorfman is saying goodbye to The Big Apple and moving to The Golden State!
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"5 years ago, I left my home, packed two suitcases and bought a one-way ticket to NYC. Having no clue what to expect, I will never forget walking off the plane, smelling that New York air and smiling with excitement about what awaited me," Andi continued.
"Today, I do the same. Leaving what was my home, two suitcases in tow and with another one-way ticket, this time headed west. And though once again, I find myself uncertain of what lies ahead, I also look forward to smelling that California air and smiling with that same excitement."
While Andi apparently desires a warmer climate or change of pace, she will always have a place for New York in her heart.
"NYC, I love you. I will forever be indebted to you and your magical city. You gave me shelter from my own storm. You breathed life back into me," Andi added in her post.
"You were the setting for so many incredible milestones. My rock, my roll, my place of reinvention. An incredible chapter of my life. Now, I turn the page and know ... that the rest is still unwritten."
When Andi appeared on The Bachelor's 18th season starring Juan Pablo Galavis followed by The Bachelorette, she was living in Atlanta, GA, where she previously worked as an assistant district attorney.
Andi rejected runner-up Nick Viall and got engaged to The Bachelorette winner Josh Murray in May 2014 although his marriage proposal didn't air on the show until July of that year.
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Andi and Josh announced their split on January 8, 2015. Almost two months later, Andi took to Twitter to reveal she had decided to move to New York City.
"Bags are checked, ready to go! One way ticket to my new home.. But I'll always be a Georgia Peach! #bittersweet #newchapter," Andi tweeted in early March.
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELORETTE' COUPLES NOWThe tenth-season The Bachelorette star later captioned a photo of an area in New York.
"That one time I packed my bags, got a one way ticket and moved to NYC! Scary and exhilarating at the same time! #NYC," she wrote on Twitter.
"May be a little premature but I think I'm already in love with #NYC."
Andi went on to write a tell-all memoir that bashed Josh and how he had treated her during their short-lived relationship.
She had accused him of being verbally abusive, temperamental and controlling in her book -- which Josh called "fiction."
"I was disgusted with myself for what I put up with. I was a strong, independent woman and I allowed [Josh] to be [emotionally abusive]. Now, I know I don't want someone jealous or controlling. I know what won't make me happy in [the future]," Andi told People in 2016.
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"We all have red flags in our relationships that we don't see. Looking back and seeing those red flags was very cathartic for me. I realized our relationship wasn't the highlight of my life like I thought it was. So I took it off the pedestal and realized all was not lost."
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Amanda told E! News in 2017 that Josh had a bad temper and was "extremely controlling." For instance, he allegedly never liked it when she partied or hung out with her girlfriends.
"He's the worst. Everybody warned me," Amanda said at the time.
But in April of that year, Josh fired back during an interview with E! News and demanded that Amanda "stop lying" about him and "stop speaking to the press" about their relationship.
Josh also later went on to appear on E!'s Famously Single reality series.
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