Originally Posted by
HotMamaPilot
You are probably a native who spends october thru april in florida. Traffic does suck. Most major cities have highways in all directions from city; for chicago, however, there is a little body of water called lake michigan that occupies the east (hence, no roads over there).
I'm a native as well and I'm not quite sure which chicago you're speaking of.
I've lived in Chicago for 23 years and I don't know what the lake has to do with it? There is 4 sets of highways that can get you into and out of the city, if traffic bothers you live closer to ORD or MDW. There is plenty of decent neighborhoods that will allow 30-40min commutes that aren't dangerous or over priced.