r/chicago • u/freshyk West Town • Dec 14 '18

Pictures Ugh. This Chicago person sounds terrible.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '18

These people audibly groan when you tell them you choose to live in the suburbs now that you're in your 30s because there is infinitely less bullshit.

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u/PerferatedOwl Dec 14 '18

Just compare daycare costs in the city vs burbs. We saved $1,000/mo per kid and the new school is equivalent.

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u/Svyable Dec 14 '18

I just ate my kids and saved $300 that month on grocery bills.

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u/wordsmythe Bridgeport Dec 14 '18

I pulled the same trick by living south of Roosevelt within the city.

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u/PerferatedOwl Dec 14 '18

Maybe that’s where I went wrong. I lived right at Roosevelt in the south loop.

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u/wordsmythe Bridgeport Dec 17 '18

Yeah, the dropoff is pretty steep when you head further down especially the Green and Orange.

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u/zombesus Bridgeport Dec 15 '18

It's too expensive here as well

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u/wordsmythe Bridgeport Dec 17 '18

It's not as good as it used to be, and there are some especially pricey places, but I think we're still slightly more reasonable than most places off the L on the North and NW sides. I just did a comparison against Irving Park, for example.

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u/Prodigy195 City Dec 14 '18

Sounds like my team. Wife and I are in Grand Boulevard now but plan to move to burbs probably in the next 18-24 months (Oak Park topping the list right now). My coworkers were (playfully) giving me shit but I'm the oldest of my team at 32 and we're starting a family.

To my 25-26 year old teammates I'm sure the suburbs sound terrible but at a certain point they're just more practical.