<p>I’ve lived in the New York suburbs and live in Chicago now.
Commutes here tend to be shorter and cheaper, and there are commuter rail lines fanning out in every direction. They are your best choice.
Chicago is a major city, but I am always taken aback when I return to New York just how huge (and sometimes seemingly unmanageable) it is.
I had a killer commute to NYC and have yet to meet anyone in Chicago who wasn’t shocked at what it took me to get to work in New York.</p>