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Chicago has a low cost of living?

• malbiniak 17y ago
  relative to the SF bay area? yes. (currently in chicago, moved from bay ~2 years ago)
• spamizbad 17y ago
  It's not cheap if you live in a trendy neighborhood, eat out a lot, and own a car. But it is cheap if you live in a safe working-class neighborhood and rely on the CTA. In 2003 I lived in an apartment in Pilsen with 2 startup founders and lived off of $800/month - that was my share of the rent, utilities, internet, and company cellphone plan along with food. And I probably could have saved $100/month if I didn't go to bars.