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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]God I must be the only Chicago native in this board who hated it growing up.  I guess it's because I grew up in a very blue-collar SW suburb.  Bet if I grew up comfortably in the North Shore bubble things would be much different.
[b]The summers were just awful especially summer 1995 (remember?) when all those people perished from the heat. [/b] Winters are miserable with long days of little sun and black ice on the roads.  Food is indeed good but NOT HEALTHY overall.  Like Jennifer Hudson said, it's culturally acceptable to be fat there.  People are sports-obsessed and the museums and cultural offerings are costly unlike DC.
City of Chicago schools are crappy unless you end up at a magnet like Payton or somewhere or pay for private like Latin.  Best public schools are in the New Trier pyramid as PP mentioned.  Highland Park HS, GB North HS, & Stevenson HS are good as well.  Naperville is very nice as well as Oak Brook is you wanted to look down there.  Cost of living will be much less there but sales tax is through the roof.  Unemployment is high so be sure of your career situation![/quote]

LOL, I have visited Chicago a couple of times, once during summer and the whole 3-4 days we were there, it was 90+ degrees and humid, very unpleasant, it must have been a heat wave.  I think DC is just hitting new crazy levels over the recent summers having multiple 100+ degree days.[/quote]

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