Moving to Chicago: The Practical Companion to Your New City, from Stepping in to Stepping... by Vicky Angelos

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Moving to Chicago: The Practical Companion to Your New City, from Stepping in to Stepping... by Vicky Angelos
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Features

Paperback: 224 pages

Publisher: Alpha Books; 1 edition October 15, 1996

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0028612817

ISBN-13: 978-0028612812

Product Dimensions: 8 x 4 x 0.8 inches

Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces

Product Description
This is the series for the hundreds of thousands of people -- from student to corporate executives -- who will move this year. Practical, hip, authoritative, they're part activity guide, part restaurant resource, and part pocket navigator. Included is basic information on finding or renting a home, tips on schools and neighborhoods, fun facts on going out -- the kind of advice that only an insider can provide. Also included are tips and lively sidebars that help residents uncover the real heart and soul of their city, such as: Offbeat facts and city history The inside scoop on getting basic services fast -- from garbage collection to cable TV The best places for jogging, biking, or walking the dog Museums, movie theaters, and other cultural listings, including addresses and phone numbers Tips on lining up daycare, doctors, and other essential services Sidebars featuring entertaining quotes and trivia, including local slang -- The Loop, the Lake, the El. Settling into a city also means learning its buzzwords and distinctive landmarks This guide does the legwork, providing information you need to settle into the "Windy City."

Reader Reviews
I bought this book before moving to Chicago six months ago and it has been almost a total lack of help for anything I've tried to use it for. For starters, the neighborhood information is completely out-of-date (I passed up good neighborhoods because of this book!). And unbelievably, this book for NEWCOMERS lacks a comprehensive index and instead organizes everything by neighborhoods. In other words, if you want to know where any major landmark is, you have to look it up by neighborhood--but wait, you don't know the neighborhoods yet because you're new. This was a real brainstorm by whoever organized this book, and it's a real fun way to waste 20 minutes when you're just trying to find an address. There is decent information here, but I can never find any of it when I need to. My advice: skip this title and go straight for Fodor's Cityguide Chicago or The Unofficial Guide to Chicago, both excellent guides with clearly organized and updated information. They would both be loads of help to a newcomer.

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