Chicago - how comfortable are you?
03-23-06 | 10:29 AM
#26
meet the mets
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From: Bucktown, Chicago
Bikes: Raleigh conversion (hours spent making it look like a Pista); Porter Track, Samson Track, Leto Roadie.
Summers always feel deceptively cheap; no heating bills to pay, less sitting around shopping for bike parts, more riding. Fewer Smartwool baselayers, more trips to Bill's Drive-In.
03-23-06 | 10:37 AM
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03-23-06 | 10:43 AM
#29
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From: Chicago
Bikes: vintage carlton track, vintage carlton tourer(fixed)
Originally Posted by chimblysweep
join the mass-migration... mareesha and i are moving there in may. Team New in Town is growing and welcoming new members!
+1 for being comfy on your salary. Except you end up spending most of it at yojimbo's so it all evens out. Also, keep in mind whiskey specials at the California Clipper.
03-23-06 | 10:53 AM
#30
dc pirate, 4evah.
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From: seattle
Bikes: several. blue. fun.
Originally Posted by that website
Stated another way, it's 19.0% cheaper to live in Chicago, Illinois than Washington, Washington DC
03-23-06 | 11:06 AM
#31
i am batman
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From: Boston, MA
Originally Posted by cardstock
30 an hour is quite alot in comparison to most of the people I know here. You could find something reasonable to buy or hell there are plenty of 2 bedroom apts. in my neighborhood for 650 a month. Rent one of those for a year and save a **** ton of money. The cost of living is high in comparison to most places, but at the same time like it was said before, the city is so big there is always inexpensive everything. I wish I was making 30 an hour
03-23-06 | 11:11 AM
#32
4 letter tirade
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From: 8 blocks west of the Sears Tower
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i stand corrected.....it seems like there are alot of places that are more expensive........I guess as far as the midwest goes it is probably more expensive, you guys pay extra for the ocean out there on the coasts.
03-23-06 | 11:16 AM
#33
ya'll can't mush me
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From: san diego, ca
Originally Posted by jitenshako
you meant "nakusu" and it only means to lose.
なくなす (Godan verb with `su' ending) to lose, to miss
"nakusu" means to lose something, or someone (or specifically a wife/child depending on kanji). This just means "to lose."
03-23-06 | 11:46 AM
#34
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From: Ukrainian Village, Chicago
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+1 on what most have said here.
At $30/hr you'll live like a king...even at $15/hr you'll do well...depends on your lifestyle. I was just talking to a friend of mine who used to live in NY and moved here 5 years ago. He said he loved NY, but he felt that in Chicago "you can have a life...if you want to start a business, you can do it. If you want to buy a house, you can do it."
I'm moving into a new apt next week and spent the last 2 months looking (I'm picky). Been living here all my life (except for a 4 year stint in Boulder), and there's always something availible that's right for you. 2 bedrooms in Logan Square, UK Village, Lincoln Square, etc. can be had for $750 on up for something decent...probabaly cheaper in Pilsen like someone else already said. Good, cheap food is endless, as well as booze....Danny's, Goldstar, Delilahs, etc. Chicago is the **it.
At $30/hr you'll live like a king...even at $15/hr you'll do well...depends on your lifestyle. I was just talking to a friend of mine who used to live in NY and moved here 5 years ago. He said he loved NY, but he felt that in Chicago "you can have a life...if you want to start a business, you can do it. If you want to buy a house, you can do it."
I'm moving into a new apt next week and spent the last 2 months looking (I'm picky). Been living here all my life (except for a 4 year stint in Boulder), and there's always something availible that's right for you. 2 bedrooms in Logan Square, UK Village, Lincoln Square, etc. can be had for $750 on up for something decent...probabaly cheaper in Pilsen like someone else already said. Good, cheap food is endless, as well as booze....Danny's, Goldstar, Delilahs, etc. Chicago is the **it.
03-23-06 | 11:57 AM
#35
likes avocadoes
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From: oakland, ca
Bikes: heh, like that info would fit here...
Originally Posted by that website
Stated another way, it's 35.8% cheaper to live in Chicago, Illinois than Oakland, California
Originally Posted by that website
Stated another way, it's 50.3% cheaper to live in Lexington, Kentucky than Oakland, California
03-23-06 | 12:06 PM
#38
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From: Chicago
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Blah blah blah...
I don't want to get into the cost of living of Chicago versus everywhere else.
Just move here. Dooooooo iiiiiiiiiit. I meet very few people who don't like Chicago; and personally, I love it. "We" have everything you need: Wiskey, books, bikes, bikes paths, racial diversity, 600 great places to eat (it's possible I can't spell "restaurant"). We have museums, coffee, wiskey, coffee, wiskey, pimps and hoes, and lastly, wiskey. Oh, and coffee.
I don't want to get into the cost of living of Chicago versus everywhere else.
Just move here. Dooooooo iiiiiiiiiit. I meet very few people who don't like Chicago; and personally, I love it. "We" have everything you need: Wiskey, books, bikes, bikes paths, racial diversity, 600 great places to eat (it's possible I can't spell "restaurant"). We have museums, coffee, wiskey, coffee, wiskey, pimps and hoes, and lastly, wiskey. Oh, and coffee.
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03-23-06 | 12:11 PM
#39
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From: Chicago, IL
Bikes: Schwinn World-Sport Fixie
According to last night's Colbert (my only source of news) Jennifer Anniston is moving to chicago too.
Word on the street is she's joining the Orphans. Or wait was that "She's giving her baby to an orphanage". Now I can't recall...
Word on the street is she's joining the Orphans. Or wait was that "She's giving her baby to an orphanage". Now I can't recall...
03-23-06 | 12:17 PM
#41
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From: Bucktown, Chicago
Bikes: Raleigh conversion (hours spent making it look like a Pista); Porter Track, Samson Track, Leto Roadie.
03-23-06 | 12:21 PM
#42
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From: Sci-Fi Wasabi
Bikes: I built the Bianchi track bike back up today.
Originally Posted by Moochers_Dad
Blah blah blah...
I don't want to get into the cost of living of Chicago versus everywhere else.
Just move here. Dooooooo iiiiiiiiiit. I meet very few people who don't like Chicago; and personally, I love it. "We" have everything you need: Wiskey, books, bikes, bikes paths, racial diversity, 600 great places to eat (it's possible I can't spell "restaurant"). We have museums, coffee, wiskey, coffee, wiskey, pimps and hoes, and lastly, wiskey. Oh, and coffee.
I don't want to get into the cost of living of Chicago versus everywhere else.
Just move here. Dooooooo iiiiiiiiiit. I meet very few people who don't like Chicago; and personally, I love it. "We" have everything you need: Wiskey, books, bikes, bikes paths, racial diversity, 600 great places to eat (it's possible I can't spell "restaurant"). We have museums, coffee, wiskey, coffee, wiskey, pimps and hoes, and lastly, wiskey. Oh, and coffee.
And checking this thread has kind of been distracting me from the whole working on the resume thing. Grr. Did chat with the first shifter down there, and he was running out of stuff to print a few hours ago. So I'm sure I'll have plenty of time to work on it when I get down there in a little bit...
03-23-06 | 01:09 PM
#46
meet the mets
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From: Bucktown, Chicago
Bikes: Raleigh conversion (hours spent making it look like a Pista); Porter Track, Samson Track, Leto Roadie.
Originally Posted by ink1373
if anyone feels like explaining the orphan thing, feel free.
(sort of like the DC Pirates, except in Chicago and far more menacing)
03-23-06 | 01:18 PM
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From: Chicago
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Originally Posted by efarrar
According to last night's Colbert (my only source of news) Jennifer Anniston is moving to chicago too.
Word on the street is she's joining the Orphans. Or wait was that "She's giving her baby to an orphanage". Now I can't recall...
Word on the street is she's joining the Orphans. Or wait was that "She's giving her baby to an orphanage". Now I can't recall...
03-23-06 | 01:52 PM
#50
dc pirate, 4evah.
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From: seattle
Bikes: several. blue. fun.
Originally Posted by chicagoamdream
Heavy outfit; mess with us, you'll find that out.
(sort of like the DC Pirates, except in Chicago and far more menacing)
(sort of like the DC Pirates, except in Chicago and far more menacing)