Have lived in Chicago since birth. Positive= Tons of shit to do, mad women. Negative= Traffic
Lived with an ex-gf south of Chicago for 2 1/2 years and although I dug the more laid back peaceful aspect after a while got old. Would go into town for anything and every other car would honk/wave as everyone knew each other. Stores etc... closed way earlier than Chicago. Not much to do there and the reason country women are down to just drink/fuck as ain't shit else to do.
Would say if your single big city da way to go as more to see/do, bigger relationship pool to pick from.
Would say if trying to raise kids smaller town probably smarter as better schools, less trouble for them to get into.
So I'd probably go...
Single=City
Family Stage=Close Suburb so ya get more peaceful environment, better schools but still close enough to shoot into the city for the fun summer shit.
Retire Mode=Farmland, sit in your rocker with a fifth and yell to kids "Get off of my lawn little bastards"
