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[quote=Anonymous]There is no better city to live than Chicago.  NONE.

1.  Chicago is CLEAN.  OMG is it clean - as a metro city in the US, not only will you be impressed by how clean it is, it's also green (not the color).  Daley is all over the whole progressiveness thing. 
2. Chicago is BEAUTIFUL.  SF is beautiful and of course so can NYC be but the architecture is something else.  It's also a quaint place - it's just big enough but just small enough to enjoy.  You don't get lonely there.  Chicago land consists of various neighborhoods so you don't truly need to be "downtown" to be in the city mix.  
3. Chicago has the BEST FUCKING FOOD.  EVER.  diversity in cuisine, prices, choice.  The neighborhoods are real - and you will find all kinds of ethnic foods.  They say DC is all international and what not - um - I can't find good Cuban.  I can't find good Mandarin/Hunan Chinese.  I can't find Hungarian.  All I get is Thai and pizza everywhere!  Do not get me started on brunch!
4.  Chicago is an international city with culture, flair and most importantly, NICE people.  There is something about MW - OMG people here in DC are the most narcisstic, type A crazies.  I do a lot of business nationally and internationally and let me tell you, ONLY IN DC do I get bumped off someone's calendar.  In Chicago, you make a business appt, you go.  People are slower paced but not to the extent they are passive.  They are just not psycho.  Here in DC, people will use you 100x/day if they can.  It's a city of lawyers, lobbyists and defense contractors and then you have govt which is a joke.  The Smithsonian may be free but the museums in Chicago are amazing.  Their aquarium and planetarium far outshine DCs.  I have 2 kids and Chicago is WAY more fun in that scene.  Chicago has always been known as a marketing/ad city.  They have Board of Trade and Merc there - who's more fun - govt or ad people?
5.  Chicago's value beats DC value - in food, housing and everything else.  The quality is higher in many ways.  Also, you have choices.  In DC you have uber expensive and ghetto inexpensive - it's hard to find a true neighborhood restaurant or a $750k house that really is worth that price.  The architecture of houses in Chicago is great - here in DC you have boring floor plans galore even for a upper middle class neighborhood.  The neighborhoods and houses are beau-ti-ful in most of Chicago land.  Entertainment is better too.

In short, Chicago has one major drawback and that's weather but you'll notice weather patterns are changing these days.  Go in a heartbeat. You will fall in love.[/quote]

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