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How much fun is it living in Chicago?

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SeductivePig

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After living in the Chicago suburbs for a year I hate it. Nothing but families and young couples around here and there's not many minorities at all, pretty much impossible to find someone to date. Bars are filled with college kids and middle aged people.. it's very hard to make a network of long lasting friends my age (fresh graduates with jobs).

I feel like now is the time to form a solid social circle, get some long term friends, explore relationships, and have fun at bars on the weekends.. is Chicago the place to be or should I consider switching jobs elsewhere in the country?

I just can't imagine living another year like this.
 
crazypraveen said:
Naperville. And before you say there's tons of Indians, they're nearly all married, straight from india, or younger than me. Very few recent college grads I'd consider dating
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I thought Indians were minorities but then I remembered there is 1,250,000,000 of them.....and counting. 😳
 
If you're young, it's ridiculous to live in the chicago burbs when there is endless activities in the city. If you have a job and can afford to spend money on activities, get in the game and move to the city.
 
jjsole said:
If you're young, it's ridiculous to live in the chicago burbs when there is endless activities in the city. If you have a job and can afford to spend money on activities, get in the game and move to the city.
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I have 2 jobs but a lot of debt (student loans). Moving to the city would mean a 45-90 minute drive to work every day but I'm willing to put up with it because my weekends the past year have been absolute garbage.

I just want to meet a ton of people and hit the bars a lot, learn how to pick up women, etc..
 
crazypraveen said:
After living in the Chicago suburbs for a year I hate it. Nothing but families and young couples around here and there's not many minorities at all, pretty much impossible to find someone to date. Bars are filled with college kids and middle aged people.. it's very hard to make a network of long lasting friends my age (fresh graduates with jobs).

I feel like now is the time to form a solid social circle, get some long term friends, explore relationships, and have fun at bars on the weekends.. is Chicago the place to be or should I consider switching jobs elsewhere in the country?

I just can't imagine living another year like this.
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Wrigleyville, where college never stopped!
 
jjsole said:
If you're young, it's ridiculous to live in the chicago burbs when there is endless activities in the city. If you have a job and can afford to spend money on activities, get in the game and move to the city.
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Exactly.

I don't live in Chicago, but I do live in Mpls / Stp and it ain't all that different. Ditch the house in the suburbs, it's filled with people just like you described (priorities are raising kids and tending their lawn, nothing against it, it just isn't you). Move closer to where the fun things are. Get an apartment or condo. Stick yourself in the middle of where the fun stuff is and where you work, if you have to, but move.

I know, easier said than done, but still, not that tough. I moved from the suburbs into town about 10 years ago, and don't regret it for a second.
 
Don't like Chicago very much at all. I don't even visit that often so I can't imagine living there. So many fucking people, it's loud, it's dirty (in general, actually pretty clean for a large city), everything people consider "fun" is expensive and involves booze (not that fun), etc
 
Lot's of Eastern European girls near the Polish neighborhoods. If you have money they'll be easy to get. Just as long as you have the money. They'll need their annual Mercedes-Benz SUV purchase and other luxury items but they will serve you with great meals, great sex, and will probably never cheat on you since they are Catholic. 😉
 
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Uh, just go to wrigleyville every weekend and meet people. Bring a friend. If you don't have friends, then maybe you should have gotten some in college.
 
Umm. I live in the city, and I am dying to move out to the burbs once my lease is up. If you don't like public transportation, or walking in shitty weather, you are going to find it very inconvenient. Not to mention if you have to drive out to the burbs, you will have your car, and beware that no one in the city of Chicago has any respect for other people's stuff. Oh and wait till a big snow when the plow puts your car under muddy, rock filled snow.

And don't think the commute out to work is going to be any less shitty because you think everyone is coming into the city instead of out. I thought that when I moved downtown and was proven wrong on day one. Especially if you move to the north side. It could take 20+ minutes just to get to the highway. And you would be getting on 90/94 which is the worst.

If I were you, I would either find a job downtown, or find a cheap room you can rent from a buddy on the weekends. Weekends are the only time worth being down here at all.
 
swanysto said:
Umm. I live in the city, and I am dying to move out to the burbs once my lease is up. If you don't like public transportation, or walking in shitty weather, you are going to find it very inconvenient. Not to mention if you have to drive out to the burbs, you will have your car, and beware that no one in the city of Chicago has any respect for other people's stuff. Oh and wait till a big snow when the plow puts your car under muddy, rock filled snow.

And don't think the commute out to work is going to be any less shitty because you think everyone is coming into the city instead of out. I thought that when I moved downtown and was proven wrong on day one. Especially if you move to the north side. It could take 20+ minutes just to get to the highway. And you would be getting on 90/94 which is the worst.

If I were you, I would either find a job downtown, or find a cheap room you can rent from a buddy on the weekends. Weekends are the only time worth being down here at all.
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I plan on leaving for work at 6AM and heading back into the city at 7PM on weekdays. You don't think that would avoid rush hour traffic? And if I had a private parking spot that wouldn't avert the property damage issue?
 
I think it's a lot of fun personally. Live in one of the neighborhoods and commute downtown for work on the train. The loop is a wasteland with nothing at all to do compared to all the wonderful neighborhoods surrounding it, don't even think of living physically downtown if you want to experience anything. You will find a very cool sense of community in them, each one different.

Conversely I would avoid the fuck out of Wrigleyville but that depends on what your definition of fun is. If watching 20 and 30 somethings trying to keep their shitty college drinking experience alive way past the point of being appropriate is your idea of fun you'll be right at home. There are far better areas to grab a real drink.

Meeting people is pretty easy, there are plenty of community events but you'll most likely have better luck online then meeting them somewhere in the city if your experience is anything like mine.
 
amdhunter said:
I hear gas is almost $5 a gallon there too.
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$4.30 last I checked, seems to fluctuate 5-10 cents every other weekend. In the burbs its cheaper but in the city the gas prices is one of the most expensive in the country.

Also if you're young and single, what the hell are you doing in the burbs? That's where people go to settle down and raise a family. I'm in downtown (streeterville) and there's tons of minorities and meetups, and the club and bar scenes are great.
 
PowerYoga said:
$4.30 last I checked, seems to fluctuate 5-10 cents every other weekend. In the burbs its cheaper but in the city the gas prices is one of the most expensive in the country.

Also if you're young and single, what the hell are you doing in the burbs? That's where people go to settle down and raise a family. I'm in downtown (streeterville) and there's tons of minorities and meetups, and the club and bar scenes are great.
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I had 1 week to relocate when I got my job offer and I picked a place near work. I keep thinking the same thing, burbs are no place for me. I can always fill in gas at the burbs and do my groceries after work to save money.

I really want to move downtown though
 
crazypraveen said:
I had 1 week to relocate when I got my job offer and I picked a place near work. I keep thinking the same thing, burbs are no place for me. I can always fill in gas at the burbs and do my groceries after work to save money.

I really want to move downtown though
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Totally understand the commute thing though. I used to work in NYC and had a 1.5 hour commute each way which really killed it for me. Though if you have to drive to work from downtown you'd probably waste a lot of time in city traffic before you get out onto whichever highway you're using.

Going out should be easy though since you'll be going against the traffic flow at the time, but my experience with chicago roads are mostly pedestrian.
 
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