How do Chicago transplants like Indy?
It depends on how Chicago you are. If you live out in nowhere and cook at home, Indy won’t bother you. If you spend any amount of time in the city, love Chicago food, look at that skyline with pride and enjoy driving LSD, Indy will hit you hard. This is a place. It’s not a horrible place. It’s not a great place. It’s just a place. This is Anywhere, USA, and we eat at Applebee’s and Friday’s. If you’re true Chicago, you’ll always feel like a little bit of a putz for moving here. When someone here wants to get over on you, they always drag out “what, couldn’t make it in Chicago?” You can get a good corned beef at Shapiro’s, since the meat comes from Chicago, but you can’t get a beef or sausage here. From Chicago, a legitimate move is to NYC, Houston, San Fran or Florida. If you go anywhere else, it’s too much of a downward move with not enough upside. You’ll always feel like you traded down. You’ll never have to explain to a Chicagoan why you moved to Florida. They’ll understand. Move to
