3. Moving from Texas to Chicago in 2 weeks, give me your best "starting over" movin...

Moving from Texas to Chicago in 2 weeks, give me your best "starting over" moving advice!

I did exactly this Thanksgiving three years ago -- moved to Chicago with two suitcases. Welcome and you're lucky it's a mild winter!

I could rattle off a ton of random advice but think the most important advice is to take your time to pick an apartment/roommate that feels right. I took the first cheap roommate situation I could find in Lakeview and hated EVERYTHING for six months until I moved out. I was so convinced that I'd move back to the east coast that I slept on a twin air mattress for eight. months. If I hadn't been so afraid of inconveniencing the people I crashed with upon arrival, I'd have gone with my gut and avoided the total shitbags I moved in with. Or I would have moved out of there once I recognized my mistake instead of trying to cope. I also wouldn't have trusted certain yuppie transplants who told me I'd get shot in totally fine neighborhoods that I could better afford (especially since I have never BEEN in a worse neighborhood in Chicago than I lived in elsewhere).

I am very happy now. Chicago is a truly wonderful, reasonably priced place with enough diverse neighborhoods that anyone can find a place that feels like home. Tons of great food, BYOs, bars, activities, good public transit, a killer summer... You're gonna love it here.

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