Originally Posted by
tkt96
The extra money you can make living in Chicago and being "local" will most likely offset the extra taxes.
I always love this argument. “Hey you can be gone more and work more to pay for the luxury!”
SOCAL? Maybe. ORD? Nothing luxurious about it.
PS, look at the property taxes on top of everything else. My brother left two years ago when his property tax bill surpassed his mortgage, which after 15 years he sold for a $250k loss.