I have spent the summer in NYC with my sister & her family. At first I was like "Eww" but now I'm warming up to the idea of moving here.
The Pros: My depression gets so much better when I'm around family. It's a "fresh start" after a really hard year. I can help my sister out with her baby. It's a lot of stress and I want to support her as much as I can.
It will also get me closer to fulfilling my lifelong dream of being a fancy old lady
The cons are that it's a very expensive lifestyle. I will just barely be able to live comfortably in Manhattan. Lots of places do not accept dogs for some reason (?) Lots of Libs (so same as Chicago) and apparently men punch women on the subways.
Should FroCho bite the bullet and move:
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NYC is like Chicago but just like... more.
As long as you're not bankrupting yourself for it I'd say go for it. I mean you rent anyways, so if you don't like it in NYC you can always move back to Chicago later.
edit: did you ask either of your dogs what they think of the move?
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Are there a lot of things to do in Chicago?
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you can join a gang
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Or larp as a bipoc
schizo 
like me and yell nonsense in the middle 
of the street 
at 1:30am. "KURT COBAIN 
THIS MY YEAR! EIGHT TWO FOUR SIX NINE THREE! AAAAAYYYY YO!"
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Yeah it's got its fair share of museums and stuff, there's live sports and concerts if you like those. No good access to nature tho.
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This is Michigan erasure
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bro the nice hikes in western michigan (as close as you'll get) are still like a 4-6 hour drive away
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South
Haven is pretty 
fun.
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It's in the Midwest, what nature is there outside of the Great Lakes?
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there's plenty of hiking and camping areas in Michigan and Wisconsin, but not really in Illinois
there's not much in the way of vast scenic vistas tho bc it's so flat here, but Michigan and Wisconsin have some pretty forests
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I wanna go to the aquarium, planetarium, and museum
of science 
and industry. Haven't been since grade school 
field 
trips. I revisited the Field 
Museum 
but it was kinda meh and seemed much smaller 
as an adult.
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Talk about the river, eat pizza pie, drink booze, b-word about the Bears and join a fantasy football league and make it your entire life.
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The real question
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They said it could be ruff.
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