I live in Chicago. I love it here because of everything else it has to offer. I have everything almost everything I need available to me within walking distance from home. That includes grocery store, dive bars, cheap restaurants, high end restaurants, clubs.
For anything else I may want to do (concerts, sports games, plays, comedy), there are dozens of world class options within a ten minute cab drive / 30 minutes on public transportation.
It's gotten to the point, where if there's a band I want to see, but they're in the suburbs, I'll just wait til they're back in the city.
I grew up and went to college two different small beach towns. There wasn't much of anything to do besides drink. If you wanted culture, you'd have to get in your car and drive at least an hour.
I have no desire to live outside of a big city, unless it is in the middle of nowhere, but in that case, I will still have a home in a city.
My guess is a lot of other people feel the same way.
For anything else I may want to do (concerts, sports games, plays, comedy), there are dozens of world class options within a ten minute cab drive / 30 minutes on public transportation.
It's gotten to the point, where if there's a band I want to see, but they're in the suburbs, I'll just wait til they're back in the city.
I grew up and went to college two different small beach towns. There wasn't much of anything to do besides drink. If you wanted culture, you'd have to get in your car and drive at least an hour.
I have no desire to live outside of a big city, unless it is in the middle of nowhere, but in that case, I will still have a home in a city.
My guess is a lot of other people feel the same way.