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[quote=Anonymous]I went to college in DC and I have lived in or near Chicago, New York and San Francisco. One thing that nobody has mentioned is that Chicago has the most spectacular architecture of any of those cities. It started with Daniel Burnham in 1900 and continues today. The only sore thumb is Trump Tower mostly due to the obnoxious signage. The city was also laid out with wide avenues, beautiful parks and the lake front has been well protected from development so it is wide open to the people with many miles of beaches. While NYC has Central Park it is really a concrete jungle. DCs beauty is its low building profile and monuments. SFs are the hills and the views which are hard to beat. If you are raising a family the Chicago area is hard to beat except for the winters. It has a much lower COL than the other cities and many of the suburban school districts are outstanding. SF area schools are way underfunded. If you define sophisticated by the number of billionaires and $20 million condos then it’s hard to beat New York. In terms of quality of life I like Chicago and I’d move back if I could as I’m currently stuck in Dallas. Don’t get me started! [/quote]

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