Thinking of moving from San Francisco to Chicago, guidance?
Hey everyone.I've lived in San Francisco for times past year and am now thinking in the order of attending school at Columbia College...the piece is; letting go of a great city resembling SF will be hard and I simply want to know what I'm gaining/giving up...
I'm a young kid (20) who requirements to do contribute to the literary world and the music industry, I like self in a comfortable place near friendly people...I also close to my fair share of idiosyncratic folk...and I am into music, writing, running, art and a little bit of everything else. What are Chicago's pros and cons as far as "immature adult" living go? I pretty much have a feeling as though I'm pretty stagnant here in San Francisco...and obligation to shake things up, and get on a worthy path...sooo any guidance would help. appreciation :)
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Moving from SF to Chicago i think would be a devout move. I live in Chicago and I love the city. My aunt go to Columbia for photography, and she loved it. I'm sure you'll enjoy it too. Pro's and Con's of "young-looking adult" life is, most inhabitants your age like to delegation and go to clubs and concerts. Chicago are friendly individuals. If you are into writting and the art cultrure. Chicago is the right place.
Bring a HEAVY jacket.
Not to worry, Chicago's get its fair share of avant-garde folk as well. Not to mention, Chicago is smaller quantity expensive, a major plus on its side. Sports? You're covered. (and you don't hold to drive to San Jose to watch hockey, either) You'll love running along the lakefront, a exceptionally nice pathway goes for almost 20 miles from Jackson Park on the south side up to Andersonville on the north side. You'll have to swot up to play softball with a much larger bubble and no mitt, but you'll adjust.
Truthfully, other than mild winters, you won't be giving up much. Actually, you'll make a contribution up a few hundred less on the rent respectively month, and you won't have to drive to as lots places if you find an apartment near virtuous transportation. (which is pretty easy) Columbia College is a good college; my best friend graduated from near and they helped her capture into Air Force officer training. (she's in Iraq now)
pros of Chicago energy are the friendliness,The clubs,place to hang out,The scenic sights such as the tallest building within the United States,and the Water ToweR(a building that survived the Great Chicago Fire).
The cons are the unpredictable weather.
Man, this is a tough one. I a moment ago went to SF for the first time this previous summer and loved it. Well, except for the hills. Hey, that's one control of Chicago right there: virtually no hill downtown!
Seriously, chicago has as much except more than SF in vocabulary of cultural activies like music, museums, nightclub, etc. Chicago has live music within bars every dark of the week, and many of the bar don't close until 4 a.m., or 5 a.m on Saturdays. There are bars that specialize within any type of music you want. Name it and you can find it going on in the middle of the week. There are tons of live theaters, from small storefront theaters to big stage musicals.
Yes, Chicago have winter, but the summers are kick ***! Tons of street fair as well as big city sponsored festival downtown with focal national and international musical acts playing.
As far as literary events here are tons of live open mike poetry venue as well as the weekly poetry slam at the Green Mill (where the poetry slam be invented, by the way). In addition, masses new prose venue have open up with reading by local authors.
You're 20 in a minute but hopefully you'll turn 21 by the time you move here. The drinking age to get into these places is 21.
There's rrealy too much to given name. The best advice is to look in here for a week or so and see for yourself.
Oh, and I went to Columbia college myself and thought it be great. I received a degree contained by journalism and worked for a couple of newspapers here as very well as wrote a piece or two for some magazines.
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