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LOL! Damn right THEY do well. $75k average. Check their salaries and then check the guy who punches a clock.
So you agree that non-professionals can do fine in the city. Good.
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Originally Posted by butkus51
Really? So $70k gross is 'doing pretty well' in Chicago for two people. Where do they live? How much is parking? How much to go out and eat in Chi?
An apartment rental, 1 br, is around $1400. 2br, $1900. And a parking garage? LOL! Off he charts. Same goes for the parking meters. $6.50 an hour for downtown meters. Average rate in a parking garage is $34 a day. So I guess a night out, if you can afford it, would be around $150 including parking. Do that all year and you've spent $7700. Now take out $14000 a year for rent. Another $2000 a year in utilities. Maybe $14000 a year to park in the city if you use a garage. $5500 a year for groceries. Right now we are at around $40,000. Then you still have HC and auto insurance and car payments if you do not own your vehicle outright. After taxes, $70k becomes $53,000. So factor in say around $1000 per year auto insurance. Say $1500 a year gasoline. And possibly $6000 copay for HC if you have it through your employer. So now it looks like $5,000 wiggle room barring other expenses including car notes. I don;t see the 'pretty well' factor. I see hand-to-mouth.
My brother came up from Florida last year and wanted to go to Gino's East. Two draft beers, two pitchers of beer, two pitcher of Coke and two pizzas. $180. And $13 to park in their garage. Nuff said.
I can take him out by me for at least $50 cheaper and not pay for parking.
You obviously have a very limited understanding of what it means to live in the city of Chicago.
Really? So $70k gross is 'doing pretty well' in Chicago for two people. Where do they live? How much is parking? How much to go out and eat in Chi?
An apartment rental, 1 br, is around $1400. 2br, $1900. And a parking garage? LOL! Off he charts. Same goes for the parking meters. $6.50 an hour for downtown meters. Average rate in a parking garage is $34 a day. So I guess a night out, if you can afford it, would be around $150 including parking. Do that all year and you've spent $7700. Now take out $14000 a year for rent. Another $2000 a year in utilities. Maybe $14000 a year to park in the city if you use a garage. $5500 a year for groceries. Right now we are at around $40,000. Then you still have HC and auto insurance and car payments if you do not own your vehicle outright. After taxes, $70k becomes $53,000. So factor in say around $1000 per year auto insurance. Say $1500 a year gasoline. And possibly $6000 copay for HC if you have it through your employer. So now it looks like $5,000 wiggle room barring other expenses including car notes. I don;t see the 'pretty well' factor. I see hand-to-mouth.
My brother came up from Florida last year and wanted to go to Gino's East. Two draft beers, two pitchers of beer, two pitcher of Coke and two pizzas. $180. And $13 to park in their garage. Nuff said.
I can take him out by me for at least $50 cheaper and not pay for parking.
Interesting, Ginos has never cost me that much, and good job trying to inflate your numbers to make a point.
Yes. If you are a cop, you'll do fine. So let's see. 13000 cops out of 2,700,000 people? Most of them are screwed.
It means you need a helluva lot of money and a Kevlar vest to live in Chicago. And make nice with your alderman too.
So how many times have you been shot at in Chicago? Over the past decade of visiting that city regularly, I have been shot at a grand total of zero times. And never once have I been afraid for my life there.
I can find nice 2 bed, 1 bath for under $900 in places like Edgewater and Logan Square, and if you increase that number to $1200 you can find many more in those neighborhoods or better.
I would say the OP comments should be directed at the entire state not just Illinois. The state is in abysmal financial shape, even considering the high taxes. Where does the money go - how high is the corruption tax in this state? Used to be that people put up with living in the Chicago area because we had a fair amount of jobs - now the unemployment has been high for so long, I can see that people will start to jump ship very soon.
I could only live in Chicago proper if I earned a LOT of money to live in a nice hood. And when I visit, my rule is to NEVER drive down there, public transportation and cabs everywhere. The parking is obscene and now they are gonna adjust the taxes on that again I heard...
Chicago is a pretty ****ty place in America. I think I am the only liberal who thinks so. Lol. My friends are all infactuated with that city and I'll never understand why.
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