Things in Chicago I miss and things I wish to forget

About 2 weeks before we moved our lives to the middle of rural Illinois, I made two lists:

1. Things I’ll miss about living in Chicago
2. Things I can’t wait to forget about living in Chicago

I figured it would be interesting to come back to my list several months or even a year after jotting it down to see if I felt the same way.

Things I’ll miss…

• Tree lined streets
• Walks after dinner
• Hustle and bustle
• Walking neighborhoods
• The beginning of summer
• Access to almost anything
• DELIVERY
• Coffee shops
• Grocery store variety
• Creativity
• A sense that anything is possible
• Good alcohol
• Lake Shore Drive
• The fast pace of work
• Yarn shops!
• Specialty shops in general
• Tattoo studios
• Street art
• Farmer’s markets
• Shopping

Things I can’t wait to forget…

• Traffic
• Public transit
• People
• The smells
• Neighbors
• Off leash dogs
• Noise
• Construction
• Parking, or lack thereof
• Solicitors
• Violence
• Poverty
• Festivals
• Consumerism
• Crowded stores
• Crowds in general
• Tourists

Thanks for reading!