Originally Posted by
HotMamaPilot
I can offer suggestions: don't move to chicago. The weather is awful, the traffic is horrendous, and the cost of living is brutal. I hear from many people how they want to move to chicago. It always seems (after I ask why) that their main reason is based on a weekend that they spent touring michigan ave in july or a cubs game that they went to in august. If one of your reasons for wanting to move there is similar, then my advice is don't!
Chicago, nice place to visit (in the summer), terrible place to live (especially on aviation salary).
Quite the contrary imo as a Chicago native it's not really any of those things. Awful weather? Well it has 4 seasons much like half this country does. If you want 24/7 warmth move south. Traffic sucks in any major city, but it's nothing compared to ATL or LAX. Cost of living is really not that bad, once again with me moving to ATL it is way more expensive here than it is there. You can comfortably live there on 35-45K.