Doomed to Suburbia or a 3 Hour Commute? (average, employers, work)

[jman07]

Originally Posted by wargamer6

It's just a location.

Haiti is just a location. You should move there. It would be soooo much cheaper!

[The Dissenter]

Originally Posted by 313Weather

Well let's face it, working at an office park/strip mall along an interstate highway in Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, etc. just isn't as fulfilling as working inside a tall building in the skyscraper forest of the Chicago loop to people like the OP (myself included).

I agree. I worked in an older suburban part of Louisville before getting my current job in Virginia. Now my office is right in the heart of a very urban part of Arlington, VA (ironically a "suburb itself"). The big differences with the Arlington office is that there are a lot of lunch options I can walk to, a couple of nice parks I can shoot hoops during lunch I can walk to, a grocery store I can walk to, the train station is across the street so I can go into DC for happy hour straight from work. In Louisville, my office was a building just surrounded by and I had to drive everywhere.

As for the OP, I like sware2cod's idea of the commuter apartment or room. It is pretty popular in the DC area with people who commute in from other states or areas like PA, WV, Southern VA, etc.

[iNviNciBL3]

Ahahahahahahah!!!

talk about "First world problems"

[wargamer6]

Originally Posted by jman07

Haiti is just a location. You should move there. It would be soooo much cheaper!

Yes. Let's all move to Haiti. Because moving there is the same thing as living in the suburbs.

[ForkInTheRoad]

Originally Posted by wargamer6

Yes. Let's all move to Haiti. Because moving there is the same thing as living in the suburbs.

I have a family member that has the attitude that if you don't live and work in a big city, you might as well live in a third world country.

[blazerj]

Just find a suburban area near your employment that has people your age. Try any college town/ area or a "downtown" area of a suburb. They are usually a decent 1st start.

[manderly6]

This doesn't sounds that difficult.

A. Live close to where you work.
B. Don't live close to where you work.

Totally your choice.

[s1alker]

Well welcome to the adult working life. It's not all partying and nightlife anymore.

[JohnnyMack]

I have not read all the posts but WHY is moving to the "suburbs" closer to work such a bad thing? There are clubs in the suburbs too.

[JohnnyMack]

Originally Posted by jman07

Haiti is just a location. You should move there. It would be soooo much cheaper!

Too many move to Haiti it will tip over ...