su is from ithica but was raised primarily in nyc until he went off to university for his masters and that's when he made the shift to soul to live, though he'd been back and forth with his family a number of times throughout life. he keeps a pretty solid connection back in new york as well. it's a big city but not as big as people think, they could have somehow crossed paths at some point, even in their youth, there's about a five year gap between it seems but still plausible.