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Originally Posted by Toasty Joe
Thank you for your response and helping me realize there are definitely other demographics I hadn't fully considered. I'm very happy you chose to to move to the Loop and it sounds like a dream "retirement community" to me - especially considering the community/campus where my grandma lives in NJ.
However, you also seemed to prove my point... being a snow bird you are most definitely transient and admittedly white collar. And not trying to gatekeep or anything, but retirees weren't exactly the social scene I imagined to make the Loop a desirable place to live for other Chicagoans (or anyone except other retirees, really). So while you may not be anti-social, you're probably not the type of social that the Loop needs to draw other residents and keep trendy establishments in business - especially on a (presumably) fixed income.
From a demographic perspective, I hope the Loop can continue its effort to appeal to the residents currently being drawn to West Loop, River North, Old Town, Wicker/Bucktown, and even Pilsen. That being said, undoubtedly you and your wife sound like a net addition to the area.
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Yeah, I hope we won't drag down the neighborhood
. And without being defensive, I'm not sure "our demographic" is very much like your grandma in NJ (who I'm sure is a lovely lady
). We patronize trendy restaurants, bars, clubs and are fortunate enough not be tied to a fixed income (or at least not fixed in the sense modest pension/social security). I really meant it when I said that we
aren't thinking in terms of retirement community (not that there's anything wrong with people who might). Yes, I guess we will be "snowbirds" but that may be weighted with some inaccurate stereotypes; lots of people have second homes and it doesn't mean they don't enrich their communities (not that you said it did). My only point is that I think Chicago's Loop will be a draw to people who have the desire to live amidst major cultural institutions and those institutions provide something of a foundation for the area that will keep it on many people's radar. Now if you'll excuse me, it's getting on to 5pm and time for the earlybird special at Denny's...
