Chicagoans: help please...

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South loop for overall convenience. If you like stunning college age yuppie girls, Lincoln park. If you like to party and drink, near Division and Clarke. If you like peace and quiet and green, northern suburbs (that's me as I can't stand crowds and noise and a city that wants to gouge you to park). If you are really poor and want no commitments and just want to give trading a shot and want to concentrate 100% on trading, the YMCA on Chicago Avenue.

Chicago is relatively easy to access no matter where you live through metra. Avoid the L-train unless you leave very early and leave late, otherwise expect to be packed into a can of sardine, often in a rail car that has no air conditioning.
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young frenchie will never get laid living in the south loop, he'll end up drinking his nights away with over sized cocktails from "ceres", talking shop with the boys, I say go for the "college age, yuppie girls" in Lincoln Park. :)
 
someone mentioned oakwood corp housing - there is another slightly cheaper called bridgestreet - plus a ton of others

I would also recommend viewing corporatehousingbyowner - these are listing coming straight from the owners of apartments

i have used both for chicago suburbs - you end up paying much more than finding something on your own but at least you get a clean apartment

all the best
 
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I would also recommend viewing corporatehousingbyowner - these are listing coming straight from the owners of apartments
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It's almost done deal for a Gold Coast 1 bedroom found through this particular website...
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Thanks.
 
Congrats! Enjoy your time.

If you run into a Jamaican women who seems incoherent named Rose, demand she brings you the weed first before you give her any money, even after she has gained your trust. Live and Learn.


(Disclaimer: I'm not a Chicagoan, I was born in Chicago, raised after the age of 4 in Wisconsin, and have spent the last four years here in the city of Chicago. I am a CheeseHead Gd Dammit!)
 
Last question to Chicagoans: Am I stupid or Uptown Neighborhood is not that much of a recommended place? I never have problems anywhere in Chicago except when I come down Wilson Avenue to go to the Wilson Skatepark. People are not only asking for change, they are following you, insulting you...They all seem to have a missing eye, a missing arm or look really weird there.I go there 3 times a week, I don't like this place.
 
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Last question to Chicagoans: Am I stupid or Uptown Neighborhood is not that much of a recommended place? I never have problems anywhere in Chicago except when I come down Wilson Avenue to go to the Wilson Skatepark. People are not only asking for change, they are following you, insulting you...They all seem to have a missing eye, a missing arm or look really weird there.I go there 3 times a week, I don't like this place.
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Why do you go there three times a week if you don't like the place? Think, son. Yeah there are some shady areas around Wilson.
 
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Why do you go there three times a week if you don't like the place? Think, son. Yeah there are some shady areas around Wilson.
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'Cause the skatepark is really great and not shady at all( it's at the end of Lincoln Park). It's just walking down the avenue from the red line that I don't like. I will try to find an other way to go there.
 
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Last question to Chicagoans: Am I stupid or Uptown Neighborhood is not that much of a recommended place? I never have problems anywhere in Chicago except when I come down Wilson Avenue to go to the Wilson Skatepark. People are not only asking for change, they are following you, insulting you...They all seem to have a missing eye, a missing arm or look really weird there.I go there 3 times a week, I don't like this place.
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Avoid Uptown if you can.

You need a bike, or a scooter, or a motorcycle. If u had a bike you could just ride right up along the lakefront to get to your park. It's a beautiful ride... of course, might not work so well in January, but then will u be skating in January?
 
I only have 2 months left here. The bike is perhaps a good idea. I already run in Lincoln Park everyday I dont skate.It's a nice place for sure.
 
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I only have 2 months left here. The bike is perhaps a good idea. I already run in Lincoln Park everyday I dont skate.It's a nice place for sure.
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You might get blown off that bike today. Now you know why it's called the windy city.:eek: Imagine this with snow and you'll get an idea of Jan.
 
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