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DM-me-ur-tits-plz- t1_jbm11zo wrote

Illinois represent! Seriously, I moved out to California for a big tech job after college and my buddy who skipped college to become a mechanic is now looking to buy a house years ahead of me. I make more than double his salary.

This country can feel like different worlds sometimes.

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lpangelrob t1_jbm2lu4 wrote

I stayed behind for the tech job!

The good news is that houses are affordable. The bad news is that they don’t increase in value… at all!

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DM-me-ur-tits-plz- t1_jbm2v6x wrote

Yes, a blessing and a curse! My parents plan on moving south for retirement, but don't want to stomach selling the house for less than they bought it for... They bought it in 2007!

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lpangelrob t1_jbm3b0y wrote

Ah yes, that was not a great year to jump in, since that was peak-ish.

Source: bought in 2005.

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DM-me-ur-tits-plz- t1_jbm3un7 wrote

I've always kept an eye on the Chicago tech sector (know a few people from college who are big on the whole "built in Chicago" train) because I feel like I'll eventually want to go back, but it feels like so much of it is Fintech which has never really appealed to me.

If my current company ever opens a Chicago office I'd probably pursue it.

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lpangelrob t1_jbmajup wrote

Some of it is, but it’s really a hodgepodge. I’m in marketing tech, there’s some insurance, some food, Groupon, Uptake, consultants, and Fortune 500 companies.

None of it is either bleeding edge or hypergrowth territory, which may or may not be what the new college grads are looking for.

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SaggyFrontButt2 t1_jbmpo0l wrote

This is a problem with a lot of north suburb Chicago homes. They’re already relatively expensive with high property taxes, but don’t really increase in value. Worst of both worlds

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Achillies2heel t1_jbo6ca4 wrote

Rural Illinois is the most boring place in this country... Spent 20 years there growing up never going back or looking at corn again...

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czyivn t1_jbpcgc9 wrote

There are an awful lot of most boring places in america. Anywhere from lubbock texas on up to rural illinois is basically the same in my mind. Flat, boring. Maybe corn, maybe wheat, maybe just grass, but boring.

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proof_required t1_jbpjbm1 wrote

Is this like what they show in some of the Hollywood movies? I kind of found it calming. But yeah I can understand living there for 20 years can wear you down.

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Achillies2heel t1_jbppu2s wrote

Winter is the worst because its cold and everything is just barren blowed cornstalks for 5 months

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Bulbchanger5000 t1_jbmxdyu wrote

I feel this. I don’t go on FB often but I’ve seen how people I went to HS with in central Ohio were able to buy houses in that area years ago in their mid 20s. I’m 30 now and it could take my partner and I another 10 years to afford even smallest of houses in the SF Bay Area where I currently live if we’re lucky. We’re seriously considering moving to the Midwest at this point. Wouldn’t trade getting to spend my 20s here in California for much though. It’s been a lot of fun, but it seems like it has become impossible for a lot of normal people to ever settle down here.

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Edmeyers01 t1_jbplfse wrote

We're putting offers in on houses in Pittsburgh. We're looking in the best neighborhoods and a nice 2 bedroom 1 bath house is like 275K and whole foods is 5 minutes away. I love SD, but for us it's just not worth it anymore. I'm afraid we'll keep getting priced out of other markets too if we wait.

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[deleted] t1_jbsn44r wrote

To be fair, you couldn't pay me enough to live in most of those top 10 towns in IL, and I'm from there.

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