[Rhodes22-list] I have a stuiped question(maybe even rude)

Mark Kaynor mark@kaynor.org
Fri, 25 Oct 2002 13:08:44 -0400


Michael,

All this talk of the differences between Chicago and NYC reminds me of one
of my favorite light bulb jokes:

Q: How many New Yorkers does it take to change a light bulb?

A: None of your @#$% business.


Mark


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam at RR" <SamFeder@cinci.rr.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] I have a stuiped question(maybe even rude)


> OK Micheal, by now you should have gotten the word.  Chicago Area is in
many
> ways similar to the New York area, only spread out much more and certainly
> more laid back in their approach to living.  The mid-west has more room.
I
> was born and raised on Lake Erie, and have sailed on all the great lakes.
> Lake is somewhat of a misnomer.  Any body of water that has anywhere from
> 600 to over 2,000 miles of shore line ain't no duck pond.  We visit
Chicago
> on a yearly basis.  Here are my impressions for what they are worth.  The
> northern and north western burbs are better living and more upscale.  The
> city itself is a "big city" with all the good and bad that implies.  Food,
> music, sports, all are present.  By the way, the burbs, now stretch over
the
> line into Wisconsin, up as far as Whitefish bay, and west as far as La
> Grange, Ill. Transportation is by rail, car, or with two airports O'Hara,
> and Midway.  Midway handles overflow, commuters and some smaller lines.
The
> Chicago Art Institute is world famous, as is their art museum.  We enjoy
> their natural history museum.  Late Spring to mid Fall are excellent for
> sailing, boating of any type.  Winters are rude.  Nothing to stop the cold
> from sweeping down from Canada, and while lake Michigan acts as somewhat
of
> a modifier, its on the wrong side of you for most of the heavy stuff.
When
> it snows, you will have not doubt that you are seeing a real Winter.  We
> (wife and friends) find that mid-westerners, are somewhat less stressed,
> than on the coast, less in a hurry, and more approachable.  More like
> boaters if that conveys any information.  I would strongly suggest that
you
> take at least 3 to 4 days and look over the area.
>
> Sam F
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Meltzer" <mjm@michaelmeltzer.com>
> To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 8:35 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] I have a stuiped question(maybe even rude)
>
>
> Ok. I talking to a recruiters today, I am wanted by a hedge fund, good pay
> and growth but am I willing to move to Chicago(btw they listed it as NY to
> draw people in, sneaky basters), now the only thing I know about chicgo
> comes from the blues brothers, ER and my mother who says it cold and
windy.
> You have to remember the only thing before today west of PA for me was LA.
> Beside the short sailing session would any one move from nyc to thier?
>
> MJM
>
> ps. have not even gone out thier for a interview so who know even if this
is
> going anywhere, but this fund has come up in the past, the need to hire
> thier skill sets out of NY.
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