Is Chicago as stressful as NYC? (Manhattan, Hamilton: apartment, condo, dorm)

[HarmanFox]

Originally Posted by Atlwarrior

Really Chicago MSA population is 9.2 million versus NYC 19.2 million, obviously their should be no comparison about place that has much more people.

I believe the point Mr Carson was trying to make is that NYC blacks are far more educated and advanced than their inferior Chicago counterparts.

[Atlwarrior]

Originally Posted by Chicagoist123

Agreed. Gives enough hustle and bustle and enough being laid back. I think Miami and SF are exactly the same way too.

Are you serious, San Fran natural beauty blows Miami out of the water.

[Atlwarrior]

Originally Posted by HarmanFox

I believe the point Mr Carson was trying to make is that NYC blacks are far more educated and advanced than their inferior Chicago counterparts.

No that was not his original first point at all, but more like you trying to sway the thread in a direction that is not relevant.

[Chicagoist123]

Originally Posted by Atlwarrior

Are you serious, San Fran natural beauty blows Miami out of the water.

What on earth are you talking about. I am saying in regards to being laid back and hustle and bustle. Ihave no idea what natural beauty has to do with it? Both Miami and SF share the same amount of hustle and bustle and laid backness as Chicago. You can also throw LA in that group.

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by mjtinmemphis

DC is faster than Chicago?

It can be, but I think it's usually about the same as here in my experience. There are a lot of people in a pissing match about who knows who, which agency you work for, etc. I wouldn't call it as stressful as NYC though, just a different kind of pissing match overall. DC is expensive though, more than Chicago, but less than NYC. Sometimes though, I do agree that it can be more stressful than Chicago, but on average it doesn't feel like that. DC is pretty laid back compared to NYC and semi on par with Chicago.

[PA Born]

Originally Posted by marilyn220

The city used to have them, but built over them. It seems like it was done within the last 20 years.

There were never alleys in NYC.

They were never built because the land was too valuable for these secondary uses (waste removal, parking, etc.). You aren't going to build secondary streets when you could instead be building living and working space.

[stephei2000]

I agree with certain points from Mr.Carson, but I do not think NYC is the promise land that he is making out to be and this is someone who is not love with Chicago.

However, I could imagine NYC being more stressful from financial standpoint alone. I stress out over my finances here in Chicago. I can even imagine what that would be like in NYC/

[PA Born]

Originally Posted by stephei2000

I stress out over my finances here in Chicago. I can even imagine what that would be like in NYC/

Keep in mind that salaries are higher in NYC, and rent burden (% of salary going towards rent) is about the same as in Chicago.

So the average person probably has the same stress over finances in both cities. The rent is higher in NYC, but the incomes are higher.

[ChiNaan]

Originally Posted by PA Born

Keep in mind that salaries are higher in NYC, and rent burden (% of salary going towards rent) is about the same as in Chicago.

Do you have a source showing the rent burden comparison? It seems to me that rent in NYC is at least double what it is in Chicago, and salaries (at least in my field) are at most only 50% higher.

[Ace Rothstein]

I too would like to see a source. NYC rents seem to be about double the rent of Chicago but not double the pay of Chicago.