2006-08-16 18:53:40 · 7 answers · asked by Sakuragirl 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
This would be easier if I knew where you were from so I could compare.
Chicago is a great place to go to college. It is full of culture, art and history. It is a 24 hour city, where you can have a chocolate banana milkshake delivered to your door at 4 in the morning.
The food is spectacular (Pat's Pizza!) and you can see a concert or stage production any night of the week. Many of them are very reasonably priced too....local bands, small theatre groups, etc. You'll see flyers for all sorts of entertainment posted around town.
If you're used to being coastal, don't be afraid...Lake Michigan is so enormous you cannot see the other side when you stand on the shore...just water stretching to the horizon. If you didn't know better you'd swear it was the ocean. The lake front is a great place to read, ride bikes, roller blade, meet people, etc.
Chicago has a good public transit system, so you do not need a car, which is nice because parking is horrendous. Everything is accessible by subway, El or bus and places like grocery stores deliver for a fee.
Chicago has great shopping too. Plenty in the way of second hand book stores and fun little ma and pa places. If you love music, you'll love Reckless Records.
Again, I don't know where you're from, but I hope you're used to weather. Hot and humid summers followed by 3 weeks of fall (pretty colors!), followed by months and months of long cold winter. Spring is unpredictable and has a tendency to happen on days you have to work.
A great day trip from the city is the Six Flags Great America park in Gurnee, IL. Tons of roller coasters just like a good theme park ought to have.
Chicago is also very diverse, so I hope you are open-minded.
Enjoy!
2006-08-16 19:18:56 · answer #1 · answered by sueflower 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out the neighborhoods first... you CAN live cheap in Chicago, but if you get in a marginal neighborhood you may regret it. Also, what's good in block 1 can be bad by block 3. Check out prices, ask around, take the L or the bus to the neighborhood in the day, and if you can't see yourself there at night, don't live there.
When I was there 10 years ago, it used to be that Rogers Park was a bargain; to some degree Skokie, but I don't know; it changes all the time. I got mugged at 35th and State, and now that's all nice-nice.
Good luck
2006-08-17 02:01:40 · answer #2 · answered by Don M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't live there, but I LOVE Chicago!!!!!!
Fanny Mae Chocolates... The Bears... The Bulls... Wrigley Field... Downtown the day after Thanksgiving... The Very First MacDonalds... the music, the culture....
I LOVE Chicago --- if I didn't live on the beach, I'd live there.
2006-08-17 01:57:39 · answer #3 · answered by D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depend on were you are going, there are more than
one college in chicago,good or bad.
2006-08-17 01:59:34 · answer #4 · answered by I am women 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chicago huh. cold in the winter. don't need a car. having one can be a pain. good bars. whole lotta fun.
2006-08-17 02:00:14 · answer #5 · answered by kurleylovescheese 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
traffic sucks!
2006-08-17 14:08:35 · answer #6 · answered by iloveNASCAR24 ♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont know anything
2006-08-17 01:56:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋