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> "About an hour and a half north you'll find another American city that has skyscrapers" If Milwaukee counts as a "skyscraper city", then practically every ci
by maxsilver 8y ago
> "About an hour and a half north you'll find another American city that has skyscrapers"
If Milwaukee counts as a "skyscraper city", then practically every city in the US counts, and the term becomes mostly meaningless.
- beefalo 8y agoIt really should be "city livable without a car" because that is what really separates Chicago from all of the other affordable midwestern cities.
- dan-0 8y agoThis is pretty much it. I haven't lived in Chicago, but have a lot of friends from there and did some research while on my last jobs search. Putting affordability next to availability of public transportation, Chicago is probably the best mix I found. Unfortunately, as others had mentioned, the job market couldn't make it worth it for me.
- pc86 8y agoI've heard there are a lot of HFT/fintech firms in the Chicago area, which if you've got the math/stats chops for it blows every non-FANG job out of the water in terms of earnings potential.
- bunderbunder 8y agoI used to live in Milwaukee without a car. It wasn't as easy as it is in Chicago, but it's also not so much harder that I'd call someone crazy if they thought it was worth getting to pay half as much in rent.