Is Chicago a good place for a a guy in his 40s to move to?

Speaking as someone who went to school there and who lived there for a time at age 40, all things being equal, Chicago is a good place for a guy in HOSPICE to live.

Soilent green is people!!!!!!

The greater Chicagoland area has about 6 million people, so I doubt you would have much success here.

The better question would be...."is letsrun the proper forum for a guy in his 40's to ask for personal advice?"

Chicago is the fattest, unhealthiest, lark packing, morgue in the USA. What a Chicagodump it is. Losers everywhere.

Post of the day.

I grew up in Chicago and went to college there,and love it, but I would never live there. I had to be there recently for a wake and a funeral. The traffic was horrible everywhere. And yes, the people are fat, fatter and among the fattest I have seen everywhere. Also, the discussion of most of the people range from "the Cubs suck, the Sox suck, to the Packers suck" so unless you are fortunate to meet someone at the Art Institute, Newberry Library or the Lyric Opera get ready to say suck to a lot of fat people quite often. And not only that, but Billy Goat's has sucked since Mike Royko died

MikeP.. wrote:

Do most people move out of the city and migrate to the surburbs when they hit their 40s?

No. Chicago is a city where people don't inevitably move to the suburbs when they turn 40. Lots do, but lots stay. More stay than in the actual city than in any other city I know, with the exceptions of New York and LA.

[quote]MikeP.. wrote:

I'm considering a move to Chicago. I've visited there a couple of times and go the feeling that it was a great place for people in their 20s and 30s. That is just the impression I got. Can someone who lives there tell me otherwise and what the single life is like there?

I'm looking for opportunities to meet both men to hang with and running partners and of course women. Would a single guy in his early 40s seem out of place? Do most people move out of the city and migrate to the surburbs when they hit their 40s?[/quote

MomnDad caught you making out with your other? in your basement pad and your Wingfoot Running Store job is moving to parts prosperity?

Hey your young.

No you duface. Move to Southern California, or Texas (if you like men too).

A suggestion wrote:

No. Chicago is a city where people don't inevitably move to the suburbs when they turn 40. Lots do, but lots stay. More stay than in the actual city than in any other city I know, with the exceptions of New York and LA.

It sucks when people move out of the city and you keep getting older while the city "stays young". But when couples get married and have kids moving to the suburbs is the logical thing to do because it's cheaper and probably a better place to raise their kids. Good to know that "older singles" still choose to stay and live in the city of Chicago.

Doofus. What's a duface?

MikeP.. wrote:

I'm considering a move to Chicago. I've visited there a couple of times and go the feeling that it was a great place for people in their 20s and 30s. That is just the impression I got. Can someone who lives there tell me otherwise and what the single life is like there?

I'm looking for opportunities to meet both men to hang with and running partners and of course women. Would a single guy in his early 40s seem out of place? Do most people move out of the city and migrate to the surburbs when they hit their 40s?

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Atlanta. The second largest running club behind NYRRC in the U.S. Great weather. Avg. runner is not in their 20's, but high 30's. The masters teams are large - many many 40 year old females and males in the running scene. Many places to run, weather is great. Women out-number men, and the cost of living is still low (but climbing)

I have visited there and had a great time. I thought it was a ton of fun. But I don't think I would move there. AS much fun as I had, even I could tell what an unhealthy culture there was there. Plus there are no mountains and the only waterfront is a lake.

You should move to a great coastal town. San Diego, Seattle, Boston, etc. Yes all of these places have downsides, but I think in quality of life and just... well.. vibrancy of life, they are better than Chicago.

Probably not wrote:

... the only waterfront is a lake.

Lake Michigan isn't big enough for you?

Ditka wrote:

Probably not wrote:

... the only waterfront is a lake.

Lake Michigan isn't big enough for you?

The point is, it's not quite the ocean now is it?

Chicago has some great running, but there are large parts of the city where you are a long way from trails/large parks. The lack of hills is also a bit of a training impediment.

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Plus there are no mountains and the only waterfront is a lake.

Thanks for reminding me everyone at letsrun runs on pristine wood chip trails with bubbling brooks, pine scented air and Himalaya like mountain scenes while being a short jog from warm Pacific ocean waters.

How DO people survive in cities when they can be like you and live in utopia?

Overreact much?

The man is considering moving somewhere. He has his choice of many places. In that case, it makes sense to pick someplace that has such options if he can. What is wrong with you?

Incidentally, in case you hadn't heard, Seattle, San Diego, and Boston are, in fact, CITIES.