Originally Posted by
no motor?
Wouldn't staying closer to where you were training have been better? Your commute would be a lot shorter and you're not so far away from everything like you are in the city.
Most of us stayed near Des Plaines - around Rosemont, Niles, etc. None of my classmates were interested in the Chicago nightlife or cultural scene. They'd choose whichever hotel was most popular with the agency and offered the best happy hour and hang around the hotel bar all night and weekend. Boring. I'd rent a cheaper place, and use the rest of the per diem on car rental so I could visit the theaters, nightclubs, museums, etc. Some of the live theaters and blues clubs I liked were in the 'burbs, and parking wasn't impossible. I liked having the option of car or bus. If we'd ever been assigned to classes in good weather I might have biked, but our classes were always in winter since it was our agency's slow season.