Chicago vs Seattle vs San Diego?

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Seattle is the greatest city in the US. Great food, outdoor activities, cool people, great weather.

San Diego is the 2nd best city in the US. Beaches, sunshine, *great* Mexican food and seafood, multicultural and bilingual.

Chicago is overrated and the place where winter is the best 9 months of the year.

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Chicago has a great spring and summer. It's new york-y with a Midwest spin. Pretty good public transport. Winter is balls.

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If you have to do weekly travel. Being based out of San Diego will limit your availability of non-stop flights

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You should go to all of them. Another +1 for SEA is no state income tax in WA. OTOH SAN is drop dead gorgeous.

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Being based out of Chicago also means less jet lag whether you go east or west coast

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"Without the cold, a man can't appreciate the fire in his hearth. Without the rain, a man can't appreciate the roof over his head. Let the south have its sun, flowers, and affectations. We northerners have home."

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Maybe you don't consider diversity but some people do. I definitely do!

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Chicago has an amazing spring/summer. Winters haven't been as brutal lately. Always so much to do. Great music/comedy scene. All kinds of food. Diversity. Rent is decent compared to the other two. I'm biased because it's home. San Diego and Seattle are beautiful though. Lots more nature to enjoy out west.

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San Diego, any and every day of the week! I love the other two cities, but if you plan to LIVE in your new location, go to San Diego and never leave - you won't regret it. Of course, if the move is mostly about work, Chicago is more convenient for travel. No, scratch that - because of flight delays and cancellations coming and going!

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Seattle weather is kinda rainy and cloudy always from what I've heard

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Seattle is very white! San Diego is more Latino diverse, Chicago is more black diverse + multicultural in general

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Seattle is nearly 50% Asian, not sure it's very white, depends on neighborhood

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A3 Seattle is 70% white, 13% asian, 8% black

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@A3 I think you meant nearly 15%, but at 70% white Seattle is definitely less diverse than Chicago (45% white) or SD (60% white).

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Of the three, Chicago is home and Seattle would take second place, just based on my own enjoyment of the cities. I don't like SoCal in general though so that's just, like, my opinion, man

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Chicago is great in the summer. The other 51 weeks suck.

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Moving from D.C.! Diversity is not a huge deal but weather kind of plays a role in my general mood, which is why I'm leaning towards San Diego but I'm also a huge fan of a big active city like DC

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*before my last comment gets misconstrued I am very flexible to any array of diversity as long as it's not too polarized towards any specific race 🙂

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Seattle weather is ass lol. Rains 90% of the time. Have only had 4 sunny days since September

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@S& 1 - that's bull. It's rainy season is the late winter and early spring, and our summers kick ass from June through September. Maybe you just moved here and haven't experienced it yet? It doesn't rain nearly as much as ppl say.

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