My wife seems hell bent on moving to chicago...

[Shufdog]

Give her a kiss and tell her you'll miss her!

[Epistaxis]

In all cerealness I can help you if push really comes to shove.

Pretty familiar with the area and the real estate market.

have lived in the city, the western burbs, the northern burbs, the northwest burbs...so mostly everywhere around here.

Taxes are variable depending on which suburb you choose, so making a blanket statement about tax rates is silly.

The market is great for buying right now, not so much for selling, obviously.

Again, the burbs are great and very safe, people seem to think that when you say "Chicago" you assume living in the city, which with 2 small kids seems unlikely.

[Mother Grabber]

On the plus side, it gets really fuggin cold in the winter.

[Epistaxis]

The weather gives you something to talk about.

Lately winter has been quite mild, and summer this year went from March until September.

Too damn hot for me.

[Mother Grabber]

That's true...winters in the great lakes region are quite mild compared to what they were in the 80s. You only get a week or two of single digit temperatures, as compared to two months.

[Hawk]

wait....Mrs Jase never said anything about taking you with her Jase!!!!

rumor has it, she's banging a Chicago dentist...sorry to have to tell you like this

[Jase]

Not banging... only giving him oral.

budum tshhh

[Jase]

We've actually joked that she would take the job, I'd stay here, and the children would live in the middle on a horse farm in kentucky. Makes sense.

[Cyberjag]

What kind of work does she do that gives more opportunity for advancement in Chicago?

My wife and I both work from home, and can literally live anywhere, so since we're here I am obviously not suitable for giving advice on the topic...

[thefuzz]

How much higher can she realistically climb as far as money goes?

Why can't she do that in Charlotte?

Is it enough to make it worth living up North?

[Jase]

How much higher can she realistically climb as far as money goes?

Why can't she do that in Charlotte?

Is it enough to make it worth living up North?

1. They offered her 9% more to start than she makes now. A cursory glance at cost of living says she would need to make north of 20% more to break even. To be fair they do offer a relocation package and a 3-year cost of living adjustment.

The ceiling on her payband offered in chicago is 21% higher than her ceiling in her current role here.

Plus she would be more visible in Chicago, it is the company's home office.

There are only a certain number of roles in the charlotte office available to her. There are many more different roles available in chicago.

2. They didn't offer enough to be worth it right away. That's why she (reluctantly) said no. But she still maintains interest in other positions up there, it's onl a matter of time before she seriously considers another position up there.

[Jase]

Speak of the devil. Just got this text.

Z's right. It's only a matter of time before I give in to her. I'm doomed.

[Hawk]

jase and da bears....yup...can see that

[Mother Grabber]

Going along with Hawk, however, the text does say, "...let me go to Chicago..." I don't see any us in there anywhere.