When I was a kid, no one thought towns like Elgin or Naperville were “Chicago suburbs” bc too far away from Chicago and in the middle of farmland. Now they are commonly described as such
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That’s not a great way to describe Illinois peculiar politics which has a city-suburban-downstate axis, a racial axis, a partisan axis, a Machine factional axis (which intersects with the racial axis but only partially)
There’s also a bipartisan corruption axis (“the Combine”)
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The existence of a political Machine in the state’s largest city for about 90 years (since Anton Cermak) which in turn had a relationship with the Chicago Outfit has warped the evolution of politics here in a way that few other states can match for corrupt weirdness (La is one)
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Oh boy
Chicago is currently my plan b city if plan a to move back to Seattle gets too pricey, but this sounds very complicated to navigate
LA is easier since people kinda leave each other alone in the sprawl and it’s decentralized architecture/urban planning
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There are some nice neighborhoods. I see you as a Lincoln Park guy but there are other good neighborhoods out there too. Real estate market has been tight if you are buying in the city this year
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Curious as to why you both psychographically put me there?
I think I stayed in Lincoln park the first time I visited
Probably visited half a dozen times at least but never really got oriented besides “south side bad”
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It’s younger demographically and more cosmopolitan, good restaurants and shops in walking distance. Pretty pleasant and near Lakefront. Spent a lot of time there in my late 30’s and early 40’s
Depends though what you are looking for - if you have a school age child = big factor
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No kids. I’m almost 48, wife is 43 so too young = annoying. Otoh peer age group with kids and real jobs is likely wrong for us since we’re too off-script… tough circle to square

