In a new city, build one small routine first: a coffee spot, a walk, a gym. Routines turn places into home.

Home is not knowledge of a place, it is repetition inside it. Learning the map does almost nothing; walking the same route four times, being recognised by the same person behind the same counter, having a Tuesday that looks like last Tuesday, does the whole job. One small repeated thing gives the rest of the city somewhere to attach to.

So pick one and repeat it before you try to do anything else. The same cafe on the same morning, the same walk after dark, the same session at the same gym. Four weeks of one routine beats four weeks of exploring.