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  • #1

    Chicago

    Alright there, The Geordie's thread on moving to the states reminded me again of my dream which i hope to pursue when i graduate.
    Basically, of the American Cities I've been thinking about Chicago as the place to go. Seems to be a good all around Mix, Nice place,Perfect Climate/weather,Not too expensive afaik ect
    Am I right about Chicago? is it any good?
    My second question is how do i actually get there?
    What I am looking at for rent, or what do house prices start at?
    What are the average incomes for an a Qualified Accountant?
    Is it possible to transfer and study there? i hear it's quite expensive ?

    Any help appreciated
    Cheers
    Matt
    Up The Millers
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  • #2
    I take it this thread isn't about the movie.

    I'll bump this for Ming to answer.

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    • #3
      I was (a couple of days ago) offered a job at the University of Wisconsin (sp?) at Madison. I think that is about 2 hours drive from Chicago.

      I turned them down though because I don't think it would be good for my career to come to the US at this point.

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      • #4
        I wish this thread was about the movie - I loved that!
        I respect Chicago for its sense of culture? the blues and all that jazz?
        "mono has crazy flow and can rhyme words that shouldn't, like Eminem"
        Drake Tungsten
        "get contacts, get a haircut, get better clothes, and lose some weight"
        Albert Speer

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        • #5
          Aye, Madison doesnt seem to far away by my Map readings. I have a mate who is moving to Madison funnily enough, very jealous indeed but apparently a mate there is gonna give him free lodge until he can find work. If all fails he says he'll do the same for me in a few years time, then I can work my way towards to the windy city
          Up The Millers

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          • #6
            My mother went to see this film last night, she said it was alright actually, but it struck me as more of a 'chick flick' and doesn't really appeal to me. I never have liked musicals.
            Speaking of Erith:

            "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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            • #7
              you're such a stereotype, provost!
              "mono has crazy flow and can rhyme words that shouldn't, like Eminem"
              Drake Tungsten
              "get contacts, get a haircut, get better clothes, and lose some weight"
              Albert Speer

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              • #8
                I'm a real man
                Speaking of Erith:

                "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                • #9
                  Provost is not only a man... he's the man!

                  Chicago is a great city! I live in the Chicago Area!
                  To us, it is the BEAST.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Rogan Josh
                    I turned them down though because I don't think it would be good for my career to come to the US at this point.
                    Why would it hurt your career?
                    I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
                    For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

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                    • #11
                      Chicago is probably the best city to experience the essence of America. NYC and LA are their own little worlds. Chicago is the metropolis of the heartland.
                      Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...

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                      • #12
                        Chicago's also near some other major metropolises like Indianapolis and Detroit.

                        The weather's not exactly "perfect" but as I understand it they get less 'lake-effect' (like snow, etc.) than people living a little east of the Lake. Word to the wise - Lake Michigan isn't exactly a place you want to swim. I've been to the dunes a few times and almost every time there are hundreds of fishies belly up.
                        I never know their names, But i smile just the same
                        New faces...Strange places,
                        Most everything i see, Becomes a blur to me
                        -Grandaddy, "The Final Push to the Sum"

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by DinoDoc
                          Why would it hurt your career?
                          The sort of particle physics that I do - phenomenology, which is working out what we see at the big colliders (LHC, Tevatron, etc) - is very weak in the US.

                          The US funding agencies are much more interested in string theory. Even in places where there is a good pheno group (like Madison) they don't have much power and always play second fiddle to the string groups.

                          Its a bit ironic really, since they have the only running collider experiment at the moment (the Tevatron).

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                          • #14
                            Perfect climat? Hah! It's like 10F right now. (22 F below freezing)
                            -12C for you euros and canucks, and with windchill, its -20C. (-4F)
                            "Everything for the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State" - Benito Mussolini

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                            • #15
                              -12C for you euros and canucks
                              Correction: -12C to the rest of the world.

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