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PatienceOk3159 OP t1_j6k9jf3 wrote

That’s a pretty good selling point right there. And it is a very solid skyline. Punches well above its weight.

How’s the economy? I was laid off in December. Took a month off and then found two jobs within a couple weeks.

Nothing fancy. Just food service manager type jobs but fine for the reasonable CoL for Chicago as far as small condos go (houses in good urban neighborhoods and having kids That’s another affordability story for Chi though)

I lived in Sacramento for a bit as a university student and finding ANY job was a nightmare for me, to be fair I didn’t really hit it off with any of the interviewers there - not sure if I was worse at interviews then or if there was a regional bias or something else.

Point being is even very basic jobs were hard to get.

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zadigger t1_j6k7vv3 wrote

For reference - I'm now in central Texas and during peak summer (105F+) our AC, in a 1200sqft house w single pane windows, running near 24/7, uses roughly 1500kwh per month. Our electric company literally gives discounts for higher usage (although that's specific to the plan I contracted for knowing the insane usage the house has). I'm sure you're already looking into the power usage but I wanted to give a real-world anecdotal comparison.

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Small-Cherry2468 t1_j6k7e24 wrote

Randyland or the Bicycle Museum if they want to check out something a little different

We take our kids to the Union Grill in Oakland, nothing fancy but they have great comfort food and good for kids without wild tastes. D's Six Pak and Dogs is a good cheap eat too, awesome pizza and beer selection.

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