Randy Newman presents a good case.
[video=youtube;0b5LzCOc98E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b5LzCOc98E[/video]
Better City: New York or Chicago?
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Randy Newman presents a good case.
[video=youtube;0b5LzCOc98E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b5LzCOc98E[/video]
I currently live in Chicago and have lived in Kansas City, Des Moines/Ames, Omaha, and grew up in a smaller town in western Iowa. Chicago is hands down the best place I have lived and I have enjoyed it the most, from a city perspective. First time in a while I haven't been looking to where I will move next.
I find it funny how many people make a judgement on a city or area without ever actually living there. I often hear that the "big city elitist" judge the fly over states and have never been there where as small town people have never actually lived in a city like Chicago or New York and make a judgement on what it would be like to live there.
Btw-- Vising somewhere and actually making a life and living there are twe different things.
I find it funny how many people make a judgement on a city or area without ever actually living there. I often hear that the "big city elitist" judge the fly over states and have never been there where as small town people have never actually lived in a city like Chicago or New York and make a judgement on what it would be like to live there.
Btw-- Vising somewhere and actually making a life and living there are twe different things.
I agree with a lot of this.
I've lived in Chicago for 13 years and visited NYC and LA multiple times.
I was surprised how much I liked LA.
I love NYC but the cost of living deters me from ever moving there.
For me:
Weather
1. LA
2. NYC
2365. Chicago
City Living Livability
1. Chicago
2. NYC (expensive)
3. LA (driving)
Things to Do
Tie LA/NYC. I love the mountains and ocean in LA, the food and nightlife in NYC.
2. Chicago - Summer time in Chicago is hard to beat though.
I've lived in Chicago for 13 years and visited NYC and LA multiple times.
I was surprised how much I liked LA.
I love NYC but the cost of living deters me from ever moving there.
For me:
Weather
1. LA
2. NYC
2365. Chicago
City Living Livability
1. Chicago
2. NYC (expensive)
3. LA (driving)
Things to Do
Tie LA/NYC. I love the mountains and ocean in LA, the food and nightlife in NYC.
2. Chicago - Summer time in Chicago is hard to beat though.
Yeah it definitely goes all ways. Even people who live in huge cities judging other huge cities. Living in Chicago I had many friends who were from or moved to New York and would bash LA for some reason. I knew from visiting both that LA was much more for me than New York but they persisted in the idea that New York was the only place for anybody. They even would lie about New York weather being really great and the winters being great...as if I couldn't see their huge snowfalls and even sometimes hurricanes.
In LA where I see it is people who just have never left LA because it's so big and sprawling or they feel it's center of the world. Usually they think other places are worse or behind (in some ways that don't really matter probably true) than they are but a few imagine everywhere outside LA is a perfect pleasantville which is also not true.
Trying to figure out how that's different from any other suburbia - outside of most suburbias being 55mph 3 lane highways with strip malls on both sides.
I've never been to NYC and I've never had any desire to visit there, so it's difficult to make a comparison. I will say that I've been to most other large East Coast cities (Boston, Philly, DC) and while they're each fine in their own way, they're just too crammed together and congested for me. I'm thinking since NYC has such a small footprint, it would be similar. Chicago has a lot that I like, but it's so spread out and the traffic is nearly always terrible, it's difficult to say I "like" it much. But I guess I'd choose Chicago, but only by default because I don't have a basis of personal comparison.
If you live in the Chicago Burbs and commute in for work or play traffic is bad. But honestly, outside a few hours of the day Chicago traffic around the city isn't that bad.
I have lived in Chicago for about 7 years and love it when I'm not sitting in traffic or paying bills (both of which are probably 10x worse in NYC and LA). Winter in Chicago definitely sucks, I'd rather be in Denver than any of the 3 big cities. Summer in Chicago is really nice, and the lake front is great. Beaches, parks, and bike trails spanning the entire city lake front is nice. Lots of concert venues spread throughout the city playing all types of music. Cheap tickets at a lot of places too. Love the public transportation in Chicago too.
I've never lived in NYC or LA so I can't compare. And I think to give a true opinion about a city, you need to have lived there for at least 1-2 years. Living and visiting are completely different and you will see the actual way of life when you live there.
I've never lived in NYC or LA so I can't compare. And I think to give a true opinion about a city, you need to have lived there for at least 1-2 years. Living and visiting are completely different and you will see the actual way of life when you live there.
Seems like people are voting on LIVING in the choice cities or VISITING the choice cities when the Poll does not make it clear which is being polled. That said, I'm surprised it is as close as it is. I wouldn't want to live in either now, but I think I would have loved living in NYC for a few years when younger. So much vitality.
My list for visting:
1. NYC
2. Chicago
My list for living:
1. All other cities
2. Chicago
3. NYC
1. NYC
2. Chicago
My list for living:
1. All other cities
2. Chicago
3. NYC
I had to look this up...(Violent Crime rates and murder rates). Yes Chicago is higher than New York... but not even in the top ten. That was surprising. St. Louis on the other hand..
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/10/22/violent-crime-statistics-for-every-city-in-america/
Lived in Chicago and loved it. Hard for me to imagine how anyone in their mid-20s, a college degree and no kids wouldn't have a blast living there. Great city.
Given the large number of EIU students produced by Chicago and its surroundings, I think the choice is clear here.
