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[quote=Anonymous]Let me remind you that we are renters not owners. We compared prices before moving and realized that whatever we found to fit our needs in Chicago was pretty much the exact same price we were paying along the orange line in Arlington.

When we started looking at the prices in the suburbs we also noticed we'd get exactly the same thing for the same price we were paying in Vienna/Oakton area if we kept in the same distance of the city.

I'd appreciate if you could keep the level of the conversation if you want to be I formative. The use of poor language doesnt contribute to the conversation.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought I was all done flaming FP, but then I saw this. Would have been helpful to mention this a few pages back, FP! Being in the Midwest makes quite a difference for COL, as I know having lived there most of my adult life. Not too many years back I was paying less than $700 to rent a 2 bedroom townhouse in a mid-sized Midwestern city. When I moved to DC, I lost one bedroom and my rent tripled.

[quote=Anonymous]Sorry, hit submit too soon. 
We also lived in NOVA and now we're in the Midwest.

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Flaming me? HA-HA Keep coming...

BTW, when we moved here we looked into apartments in Chicago and the prices were exactly the same as in DC metro area. As we expanded our search we found out that the prices in the burbs were exactly the same as DC suburban area.

As for groceries and gas the difference is minimum. Midwest doesn't mean country side, you know?[/quote]

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Again full of shit. I'm from Chicago and it is much less expensive there than in DC Not.Even.Close.[/quote][/quote]

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