[Rhodes22-list] I have a stuiped question(maybe even rude)

[Rik Sandberg]

Michael,

Never been to NY, have spent quite a bit of time in Chicago though. From 
what I have heard from people who have been there (NY) and my own 
experiences having been close (Newark, Boston, Baltimore). Moving to 
Chicago would be an improvement, though maybe not by much. In general to 
me, the people seem nicer, although they still have that big city edge. And 
for sure, I wasn't hanging around with the same class of people you would 
be in with. I have found for the most  part in this country that the 
further east you go, the less friendly the attitude. Chicago is QUITE a 
ways west :-) attitude-wise, heck I've actually had some people on the 
street smile and nod to me as I passed, course they may not have been 
natives. :-). You should expect a winter that is starting right about now 
and will be a damn site colder than the 30 degrees and slush you are used 
to, yes, your mother was right, it's cold. To me Chicago always seemed 
kinda gray and dirty, but thinking about it, all the cities east of there 
are the same way. So that won't make much difference. Having driven up 
north along the lake shore, I think you will find that there's some pretty 
darn nice neighborhoods up there. Looking from the lake side, Chicago is 
beautiful to see, all along the shoreline is like one long park. And I 
think, for those that live along the lake, it's a pretty nice city. I doubt 
that you'd see much difference in the crime rate, don't think either one is 
that great. They've got trains and public transportation probably just like 
you are used to. Don't really know if a lot of the "uptown" people drive in 
or not. But hey, look at it this way, you could drink the water you will be 
sailing in..........well, you might want to boil it first. AND, no more 
tides and currents :-) And the deal maker, you'll be able to go to Strictly 
Sail and meet me, live and in person :-) :-) :-) JEEZ I'd move if only for 
that!!!! Hell Michael, I don't know, It's a big city, Chicago, NY, I don't 
think it makes a hell of a lot of difference, outside of some difference in 
weather. Once you learn your way around, it's 6 of one and a half a dozen 
of the other.

If you are going to look at it from the Blues Brothers perspective, yup, 
Chicago has some slums. Believe me, I've been in 'em. Bet there aren't as 
many as in NY and probably not any rougher either. Hey Michael, you 
probably aren't going to be hanging around in that part of town anyway, 
right???


At 08:35 PM 10/23/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Ok. I talking to a recruiters today, I am wanted by a hedge fund, good pay 
>and growth but am I willing to move to Chicago(btw they listed it as NY to 
>draw people in, sneaky basters), now the only thing I know about chicgo 
>comes from the blues brothers, ER and my mother who says it cold and 
>windy. You have to remember the only thing before today west of PA for me 
>was LA. Beside the short sailing session would any one move from nyc to thier?
>
>MJM
>
>ps. have not even gone out thier for a interview so who know even if this 
>is going anywhere, but this fund has come up in the past, the need to hire 
>thier skill sets out of NY.
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