Agreed. I live in the Chicago area and it is a really cool city to hang out in. We used to take our kids downtown every year at Christmas time to spend a couple of nights and see shows like Blue Man Group. We took the train which they enjoyed and were able to get around the city easily. My son now lives in the Lincoln Park area with lots of options for a guy in his mid-20s. He can work at home quite often, but when he has to work in the office it is a quick ride on the Brown Line.
I’ll also give a shout out to Cleveland. The downtown area is very manageable. I took my son their during his senior year in high school for some quality road trip time. He is a big basketball fan so I was able to get some very good seats for the Cavalier / Thunder game when those teams featured LeBron, Durant and Westbrook (great game that went down to the last shot). And the cost vs a similar game is Chicago is quite something. We also went to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, had some nice meals at restaurants right by our hotel and then shot down to Canton to visit the Football Hall of Fame. It was a great trip.
I have never really visited Detroit. Attended a couple of conferences out in the suburbs and driven through it to get to Windsor and on to Toronto.
And I may end up retiring in Minnesota because my daughter, grandson and grandbaby to be live up there.
Your place looks very cool.
