Originally Posted by Blackhawk

My 2 cents.
First, don’t confine yourself to these two. I think XJT would be an option as well. Go where you can build hours.
Second, if you have no current social attachments, move to ORD or NYC. You’re young, supposed be poor. Learn to find the cheap eats such as 2 Bros Pizza ($1.50/slice) in NYC and the happy hours for cheap drinks.
Learn to fly out of these bases. A regional should not just be checking a box, it should be about learning. Deicing. Hand flying the Expressway Visual 31 in gusty winds without the benefit of RNAV. Dealing with the cluster $$&? of LGA during a melt down. What it’s like to operate out of ORD.