Leaving Chicago (beach, cars, drive)

[catlady_07]

Originally Posted by j33

I have to admit, there is something a bit funny about moving to a city and then complaining that the people there act like they live in a city. It is akin to moving to the a cattle ranch and complaining about the smell of cow dung.

It would be funny if someone did this at their own will... not being moved with family as a young child. I am not complaining...simply stating the reason why I feel out of place and am NOT staying in the city any longer.

[jenniferashley99]

Originally Posted by Lovegun

Phoenix, AZ. I have lived there before.

See I heard many many bad things about Phoenix..so it all goes person to person. I just left Jacksonville , FL ..ugh I have lived in Miami, Chicago and Daytona Beach..and by far Jax was the worse gross place to live. Boring. Bible belt. Everyone marrying far too young and then cheating. Anyways, sorry got off track, I posted how much I was happy to be leaving but people wrote back how much they loved it. I first had to make sure they were writing about Jax. Ha. I love Chicago and by next year I plan to make Chicago my home forever. So I wish you a good luck over in AZ. I hear the sun blazes in red right before it goes down.

[supernerdgirl]

Originally Posted by jenniferashley99

See I heard many many bad things about Phoenix..so it all goes person to person. I just left Jacksonville , FL ..ugh I have lived in Miami, Chicago and Daytona Beach..and by far Jax was the worse gross place to live. Boring. Bible belt. Everyone marrying far too young and then cheating. Anyways, sorry got off track, I posted how much I was happy to be leaving but people wrote back how much they loved it. I first had to make sure they were writing about Jax. Ha. I love Chicago and by next year I plan to make Chicago my home forever. So I wish you a good luck over in AZ. I hear the sun blazes in red right before it goes down.

Jacksonville is the worst city ever.

[whinniethezen]

I have another post here asking about quality of life. I am wondering what the exact reason is you are leaving Chicago???? We are thinking of moving there and want to know the negatives first. We have already read alot of positives on here. We want the DIRT!

[Drover]

The two biggest issues for me are: 1) I'm tired of getting parking tickets for completely random crap, and 2) I'm tired of having my cars vandalized about once a year on average, and more generally, tired of the prevalence of antisocial attitudes that cause people to vandalize other's property for the fun of it.

[Avengerfire]

Originally Posted by whinniethezen

...We want the DIRT!

Just check any one of about 75% of the threads on here and you will find some. In fact some threads are completely filled with dirt.

Here is just a taste:

http://www.city-data.com/forum/chica...t-chicago.html

http://www.city-data.com/forum/chica...g-chicago.html

http://www.city-data.com/forum/chica...rst-world.html

http://www.city-data.com/forum/chica...-underway.html


There is no need to do this again.

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by cxdurden

Probably why half the city youth smoke meth

What else do you do when its 118 degrees out?

[grapico]

just here for the hating on jacksonville... I concur with everything said.

eff that place

[synapse]

Originally Posted by Drover

The two biggest issues for me are: 1) I'm tired of getting parking tickets for completely random crap, and 2) I'm tired of having my cars vandalized about once a year on average, and more generally, tired of the prevalence of antisocial attitudes that cause people to vandalize other's property for the fun of it.

Good news. In Phoenix you'll get speeding tickets by invisible completely random cameras instead.

[jenniferashley99]

Originally Posted by Tanya1521

Does anyone have any ideas of a city that I can move to with my eight year old and newborn? I desire anywhere with no snow what-so-ever, and where teaching jobs are available with enough pay to survive. We are leaving summer of 2010. Other than those two things I am open to checking out new cities and finding our niche. We are a laid back go slow (unless it is neccessary to go fast) type of family. Help!!!! Get us out of CHICAGO!!!

You want no snow...the only place is Florida..maybe Tampa or Daytona Beach. Don't go to Miami..yuck. I love Daytona Beach and if your a teacher it should be no problem finding a teaching job. Laid back and great beach.