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Date: April 22nd, 2018 1:06 PM Author: boyish preventive strike (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35894074) |
Date: April 22nd, 2018 1:07 PM Author: Coiffed Hell Famous Landscape Painting It's not particularly comfortable, but you eventually get used to wearing bulletproof gear (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35894081) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 1:09 PM Author: boyish preventive strike seems like it costs 1/3 price NYC though, so you could get some luxury bulletproof vests (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35894099) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 1:07 PM Author: Offensive mediation It snowed last week. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35894083) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 1:10 PM Author: boyish preventive strike Same with NYC (or at least some time in the past couple weeks)
How much cheaper is it than NYC? Seems like jobs pay the same but it's like 1/3 the price of NYC? |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 3:39 PM Author: appetizing claret abode place of business Relevant to my interests. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35894840) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:00 PM Author: Slate giraffe travel guidebook "Same with NYC"
No it isn't. It is worse. |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 1:09 PM Author: henna misanthropic clown So many busty women (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35894097) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 1:10 PM Author: Medicated circlehead Capital of the Midwest. Generally crappy weather, but you get those periods where it's perfect and everyone is enjoying the outdoors. Low COL given the size. It's a city of neighborhoods, so you can generally find one that fits you. A pretty good food scene and nice nightlife, whether you want a comedy club, nightclub, or see a plat. Some dodgy areas, but for the most part just be aware of your surroundings and don't act like an idiot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35894106) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 1:11 PM Author: boyish preventive strike What about the legal job market? Pretty good?
How much would a 3 bed house or condo in an OK area cost? |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 1:14 PM Author: Medicated circlehead Not as big as NY, obviously. But, for the most part, same pay but bonuses and raises may be off.
Depends on what you do. I feel like everyone knows everyone here, so that kinda sucks when trying to lateral. |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 3:25 PM Author: Medicated circlehead Just saw ur edit. Really depends on the area. I'd budget like 3 to 3.5k. garage separate and not a lux building. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35894744) |
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Date: April 23rd, 2018 7:16 PM Author: boyish preventive strike Wow, that's less than I pay now for a one-bedroom in NYC...ljl (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35903919) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 1:18 PM Author: vengeful new version Zubaz and pea coats with chukas at Wrigley (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35894150) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 1:29 PM Author: Buff spot kitty 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35894191) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 3:26 PM Author: mint chapel t/f = Chicagoans are mostly proles and ghetto blacks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35894751) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 7:21 PM Author: Silver old irish cottage T (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35920399) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 3:31 PM Author: Costumed Dilemma lived there one fall, winter and early summer long ago...north chicago...that is a climate conducive to life pre-central heating...pre-air conditioning... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35894786) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 3:33 PM Author: laughsome jet-lagged dog poop locale just read The Adventures of Auggie March (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35894794) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 3:33 PM Author: effete wild sound barrier Pros: big busty white women, great bars, sports, aggressive racial segregation, generally chill fratty people.
Cons: 8-9 months of oppressively depressing weather, alcoholism, atrocious cost of living/ salary ratios, living 5 miles from a war zone, ominous signs regarding the regions financial future, and you'll get fat if you actually eat that food.
That's my guess, I don't live there, but I have family there. |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 5:52 PM Author: scarlet sneaky criminal trailer park How is fat white girls a pro? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35895552) |
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Date: April 23rd, 2018 7:15 PM Author: infuriating greedy incel cruise ship this is a good overview (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35903911) |
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Date: April 23rd, 2018 7:17 PM Author: boyish preventive strike how is the cost of living/salary ratio atrocious?
it seems EXTREMELY affordable as far as a large city is concerned |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:56 PM Author: Internet-worthy carmine milk organic girlfriend cr wtf (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919355) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 3:36 PM Author: appetizing claret abode place of business What's the white:black ratio in Chicago?
If you've moved to Chicaco from NYC, what were your biggest complaints regarding what you can't have in Chicago, but also the things you actually liked better than NYC? |
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Date: April 23rd, 2018 7:20 PM Author: grizzly hateful menage Blax are about 30% of Chicago and dropping. Like others said, Chicago is segregated as fuck and you can live in areas with very few of them, and those that are there are just regular middle class ones. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35903946) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 3:43 PM Author: Costumed Dilemma the nigger slave descendants came up from the black belt into memphis, st louis and then chicago...
look at this and understand what they really are:
https://westafricandocumentary.com/vintage-africa-2
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 3:47 PM Author: Brass hyperactive jap lodge Twist: all of those pics were taken at Garfield Park (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35894884) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 3:56 AM Author: Costumed Dilemma lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35914640) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 3:44 PM Author: Brass hyperactive jap lodge It's nowhere near anywhere else you want to be, so prepare for LONG car rides or flights to anywhere you want to visit. People talk about the niggers but you'll encounter far more Mexicans. COL is cheap and restaurants give you yuge servings so everyone is fat. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35894868) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 4:07 PM Author: appetizing claret abode place of business How does it compare to NYC? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35894990) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 4:12 PM Author: mint chapel Worse on every metric. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35895026) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 4:13 PM Author: appetizing claret abode place of business What would you miss in Chicago if you came straight from NYC? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35895031) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 5:39 PM Author: mint chapel attractive women (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35895479) |
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Date: April 23rd, 2018 7:15 PM Author: Brass hyperactive jap lodge I would miss being near interesting things to see and do. Not talking about the city itself but places that are like 2-3 hours outside the city. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35903909) |
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Date: April 23rd, 2018 7:21 PM Author: grizzly hateful menage Wisconsin had a a lot of nice places to visit, as does Michigan.
Downstate IL is pretty bleak though. |
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Date: April 23rd, 2018 7:27 PM Author: Brass hyperactive jap lodge The cr parts of Michigan are very far from Chicago. Anywhere you're going for a quick weekend getaway is some shithole on the lake. Wisconsin is endless factory farms plus Madison and and Milwaukee unless you drive like 6 hours up to green bay, and then then you're just in green bay. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35903997) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 3:38 PM Author: Thriller lake background story gaping The huge COL, the opera, the trash filled streets, the prefstige, the nice elitist people judging me by my UG school. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35918709) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 4:13 PM Author: violent coral generalized bond Except COL (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35895032) |
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Date: April 23rd, 2018 7:16 PM Author: boyish preventive strike isn't it super cheap and people work fewer hours?
that alone seems like it makes it worth it |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 3:58 PM Author: Thriller lake background story gaping Lmao so what? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35918923) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:02 PM Author: Slate giraffe travel guidebook 1) not super cheap.
2) people don't work that much less at all. |
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Date: April 23rd, 2018 7:14 PM Author: Brass hyperactive jap lodge If you visit the loop at 1pm and only walk down certain streets it might seem like a less crowded version of MFH. Other than that they are nothing alike. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35903905) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 3:30 PM Author: Medicated circlehead Chicago tends to have clean sidewalks (given that we actually have alleys to hide the trash bins)
Public transportation isn't bad (the lines make sense, but some have older cars)
Reduced prestige whoring in Chicago (school is important but ppl are willing to look at your social skills over school -- chill, fratty the OSU bro will do well here)
There are enough theaters, events, and activities to always do something on the weekend, if that's your thing. Film festivals, neighborhood festivals, theaters, etc. |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 5:44 PM Author: irradiated sienna factory reset button Ohh Chicago. Chicago. The name alone swells my heart with light and glory. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35895503) |
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Date: April 22nd, 2018 5:58 PM Author: white brethren kitchen it's a shithole (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35895593) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 3:34 PM Author: bonkers friendly grandma deer antler Pea coats. Sweatpants. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35918651) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 3:56 PM Author: Burgundy Fragrant Codepig it's a great place to live if you're a sportsnut, you love bars, fatty food, and you're not particularly ambitious. the young professionals there are big ten migrants so they're generally chill and the women have cornfed ass and titties (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35918898) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:11 PM Author: boyish preventive strike i don't really care about sports, just want low COL, decent job market and OK stuff to do.
i'd much prefer living in say Denver, but that job market is much smaller |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:01 PM Author: Slate giraffe travel guidebook Shitty weather.
Shitty people (full of midwesterners).
Worse job market than NYC but with high hours expectations.
Massive crime.
Not near anything else.
Good restaurants.
Cheaper than real cities. |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:04 PM Author: wonderful opaque indian lodge international law enforcement agency 1. much better people than the type NYC attracts, such as your vapid self who imagines himself a lot smarter than he is
2. slightly worse job market, much more reasonable hours outside of top 5 law firms
3. massive crime in about 5 neighborhoods in the south and west side. other neighborhoods on par with the safest in the country.
4. ten degrees colder than NYC
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:08 PM Author: Slate giraffe travel guidebook 1. lolno. A bunch of dumb proles talking about Da Bears while drinking beer and trying to fuck some fat slore at a bar. You can fucking have it.
2. Much worse job market and almost no one here works at law firms anymore because they suck.
3. Yeah, no. I remember like first week of law school some random student got beaten into a fucking coma in Streeterville/Gold Coast. Yes, the crime absolutely does spill over. And it has managed to get worse since then because the city in its infinite wisdom decided to get rid of the public housing clustered in a few areas and to spread out the poors all over the city with predictable results.
4. 10 degrees isn't a small difference, especially since Chicago is windier/less sunny. |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:12 PM Author: Thriller lake background story gaping How was Loyola law? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919041) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:16 PM Author: Slate giraffe travel guidebook NU, actually. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919075) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:58 PM Author: Internet-worthy carmine milk organic girlfriend are you chicago biglaw? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919366) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:12 PM Author: wonderful opaque indian lodge international law enforcement agency No you're just a 5'4 extremely ugly midget who could never fit in with a prideful 110 iq which you thought gave you the license to look down on others.
the rest of your points are demonstrably false but youre an idiot.
how are you multiple properties going you back office cuck? |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:16 PM Author: Slate giraffe travel guidebook You seem incredibly MAF for some reason, lol. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919073) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:18 PM Author: wonderful opaque indian lodge international law enforcement agency youre a little bitch who thinks too highly of himself and shits on the rest of a country which you openly despise. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919089) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:19 PM Author: Slate giraffe travel guidebook I have a few parts of the country I openly despise. A lot of the country is quite nice. However, you can basically draw a circle around the center of the country and put a big X through it. If it isn't on/near a coast then it sucks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919101) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:21 PM Author: wonderful opaque indian lodge international law enforcement agency like i said, a country you openly despise. go back to russia. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919106) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 5:19 PM Author: Buck-toothed citrine location Square this statement with your decision to focus your OCI on TEXAS.
I would love to have been a fly on the wall in those interviews. A nasally Russian yammering about no state income tax in response to a joke about brisket. |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 5:22 PM Author: Internet-worthy carmine milk organic girlfriend 180 moniker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919565) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:13 PM Author: wonderful opaque indian lodge international law enforcement agency LOL at "no one works at law firms anymore becuase they suck"
you got shit canned after barely securing a job. you did not make a choice to leave biglaw. lol at your narrative you created for yourself. |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:18 PM Author: Slate giraffe travel guidebook Shouldn't you be billing? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919091) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:20 PM Author: wonderful opaque indian lodge international law enforcement agency Why don't you address that you left your law firm because because "no one works at law firms anymore"?
really thats why you left? you werent shitcanned then tried to get BACK 2 BIGLAW for years before throwing in the towel and getting a back office job in an office park you ugly russian? |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:21 PM Author: Slate giraffe travel guidebook LMAO, I got a well paying in-house counsel job. You're being a hysterical retard. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919108) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:22 PM Author: wonderful opaque indian lodge international law enforcement agency LMAO you didnt get shitcanned after not even two years? you didnt try to get back to biglaw?
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Date: April 25th, 2018 5:03 PM Author: Internet-worthy carmine milk organic girlfriend looks like i have my answer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919404) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:10 PM Author: boyish preventive strike Reminder: TMF thinks Denver (one of the nicest cities in the country) is a dump and LiVES IN THE GHETTO NEXT TO THE TRAIN TRACKS WITH SHIT PITTS. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919024) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:16 PM Author: Slate giraffe travel guidebook Nice dogs, nice train tracks. Denver sucks and what family is left there is starting to realize this and is leaving soon. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919077) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:17 PM Author: boyish preventive strike lol Denver is paradise compared to New Yuck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919086) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:20 PM Author: Slate giraffe travel guidebook Yeah, no. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919104) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:09 PM Author: boyish preventive strike No offense, but I can't take you seriously because you think NYC is better than Denver and bought a house next to the train tracks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919014) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:13 PM Author: boyish preventive strike also, real talk: i'm not from the midwest or NYC, but livni gin NYC - the people here are DICKBAGS and many don't even speak english. if you want miserable looking fugly people who look like they want ot killself, move to NYC
when I went to chicago, the people were significantly nicer than New Yorkers and *wow* most of them can actually speak English |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:15 PM Author: wonderful opaque indian lodge international law enforcement agency "if you want miserable looking fugly people who look like they want ot killself, move to NYC"
you are literally describing TMF |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:15 PM Author: boyish preventive strike i've also noticed that men in NYC tend to be like my height, and i'm not very tall, whereas elsewhere in the country they are significantly taller -i wonder why that is hmmm (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919070) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:21 PM Author: Slate giraffe travel guidebook (guy acting like a hysterical woman ITT) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919117) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:23 PM Author: wonderful opaque indian lodge international law enforcement agency ^^^ 5'4 ugly midget who wife doesnt want kids with him (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919131) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:25 PM Author: Slate giraffe travel guidebook She absolutely does and you're embarassing yourself. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919145) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:27 PM Author: wonderful opaque indian lodge international law enforcement agency oh i bet she cant wait to have your midget kids as a 40 year old. go drive your jeep in to lake pleshcheyevo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919155) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 4:55 PM Author: Medicated circlehead Shitty weather -- yea, that's true.
Shitty people (full of midwesterners) -- some are shitty, but you have some unique neighborhoods and groups; if it's your thing, there's a sizeable Eastern Euro and Indian community. If you're a bookworm or hipster, just go to like Logan Square or try to meetup with the UoC ppl.
Worse job market than NYC but with high hours expectations -- Kinda. I feel like I can cop an NYC job much easier than here in Chicago. Hours when I was in biglaw were comparable to NYC, just different hours. I started at like 8 am, NY started at like 10 am.
Massive crime. -- yea, kinda. there are pockets of high crime areas, and sure you avoid the redline.
Not near anything else. -- yea, that sucks. At least, you have Ohare so you can travel directly to a lot of destinations. Wife and I just did a direct flight to Poland and I take it to direct to Europe for business.
Good restaurants. -- perhaps the best part of this city.
Cheaper than real cities. -- yea. |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 5:10 PM Author: Slate giraffe travel guidebook I actually agree with all this. Personally I prefer driving vacations to flying though. Oh and one more addition: the fucking traffic. Holy hell, NYC area traffic doesn't look so bad by comparison. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919459) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 5:12 PM Author: boyish preventive strike look both are SHIT cities compared to many other smaller ones, but the question is which one is better to live in long term...and that's obviously not NYC (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35919476) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 6:24 PM Author: Medicated circlehead This. Unless you got baller money, you're better off in Chicago. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35920023) |
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Date: April 25th, 2018 6:25 PM Author: fighting twinkling psychic tanning salon living in the loop and a few other neighborhoods is fine. south side is actual hell. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3956526&forum_id=2#35920028) |