Originally posted on 08/06/2017:

Live in Florida. Used to live in Chicago. Once you have a family, Florida > Chicago and it's not even close. Chicago was phenomenal when single and hitting bars but we sold our house in Chicago, bought one 25 years newer, with pool, on water, worth $100k more than our Chicago house and monthly is same because we are saving over $8k a year in property taxes.

9 months of the year the weather is perfect. I watch football games from the pool or my outdoor kitchen. I've lived Colorado, Florida, and Illinois and this is my fav place by far. To each their own.

That said - trop is a shithole. Doesn't feel like you are watching baseball.