The Week of “What If…”
I spent the last week working from hometown, Chicago! I call this the “Week of what if: What if I had lived and worked in Chicago?”. I’m back in SF now, but let me share some thoughts…
I Love The People
One thing is for sure: I LOVE CHICAGO AND ITS PEOPLE. The amount of high school friends I’ve known for 10 years can’t be counted on my fingers. My family— love them to death. I’ve changed a lot since moving back, so the big question is if I moved back, what new friends would I make?
The Lifestyle
If I move back, I can not live at home (especially knowing how cheap Chicago rent is). I would miss big funky parties with crazy coastal personalities. I would need to travel a lot, but the coast would be so far! I would enjoy the seasons and the beaches.
The Cold
One time when I was studying abroad in Japan, a man with the body structure of Japanese Hagrid walked onto the train with sandles and shorts. This would be normal if it wasn’t near-freezing cold outside. I looked at his sandles and there was white stuff from his feet to his calves. Gross! It was ashiness from the cold! I called him “The Ash Man”.
Aside from the Ashiness the Chicago cold brings my skin, I don’t mind the cold. I also like sunny CA, but come on! I enjoyed the year’s first snow and got to bundle up and sleep in under warm covers. Home sweet home Chicago.
-Phillip
P.S. Well, cities can’t compete with the moisturizing powers of San Francisco. We live in a freaking cloud for goodness sake. No wonder San Franciscans got great skin!
