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Originally Posted by ikestoys
On a train that runs every 40 minutes to an hour after 7pm. That train is for commuting and not much else. Purple line is the standard way to get from evanston to chicago.
And my cursory glances into NOLA + living in chicago with makes it really, REALLY hard to believe it's cheaper to live in chicago.
I think you're confusing a sentence or two of mine with pvn's posts.
I said: "NOLA is suuuuuuuper cheap to live and have quite a leisurely life. But I'm in Chicago, so maybe changes my outlook"; adding "but now that I'm within two or three years of hopefully being a father, [crappy schools are] my concern."
So what was once a dream of living in NOLA is now a place where I would feel more limited in my options to raise a family and enjoy what love so much about NOLA. My future sister-in-law lives a block from Washington Square Park. If I were a good 3+ years from marriage, I'd live there in a heartbeat because it's more fun with more convenience for less money without the consequence of dealing with the school system. Five months from marriage, I wouldn't invest any money in a primary residence there.