I live in the Chicago suburbs and work in the city and I'm a big fan of the suburbs (not a big city fan) and would recommend them. The weather sucks (cold winte

I live in the Chicago suburbs and work in the city and I'm a big fan of the suburbs (not a big city fan) and would recommend them. The weather sucks (cold winters, humid summers) but there is a lot of stuff to do. As for tech, I'm a .NET developer and haven't had any issues getting work in the city. Chicago is also a great place to live if you want C++ work because of the financial markets as you have prop trading firms, HFT firms, clearing firms and exchanges all using C++. That same sector also uses .NET as well.