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Big-Shouldered Adventure

Chicago is a major draw for Detroiters.

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The Windy City
whistles up a tune
to lure young people away
from Detroit.

7/24
1998

70 Detroit JewiSh News

rom way across Lake
Michigan, you hear Chicago
calling. Good jobs, it says.
Not just in the car busi-
ness, like Detroit, but in finance and
publishing and insurance and retail
and consulting. A vibrant night life,
much of it within walking or taxi dis-
tance of the hot neighborhoods where
young adults settle. An El that really
does move people. Ethnically rich
neighborhoods worth exploring and
safe to wander. If something happens
and you end up at the hospital emer-
gency room, maybe you'll meet Mark
Greene.
Chicago has a nice Jewish commu-
nity, one that makes it easy for you to
find a temple or to make friends and
develop a social life. And some college
buddies say you can get a great apart-

ment in Belmont or down by the
University.
Demographers say half of all young
adults, Jewish or otherwise, move
away from Detroit after college, and a
lot of them head for the Windy City.
It's a natural destination because it's-
still the familiar Midwest and not as
scary-exciting as New York. Unlike
Los Angeles or Houston or Atlanta or
Miami, it's close — five hours on the
Interstate, an hour in the air.
Of course, when you make a deci-
sion like this, statistics don't mean
much anyway. The only numbers that
matter now are one (you) and two
(your parents). And, frankly, they're
going to be happy that you are finally
getting a move on with your life.
So pack up the Honda and go.
Enjoy. Don't forget to call.