Chicago > Atlanta

Family and I are looking at a move from Chicago to Atlanta. We aren’t Chicago natives (from the Midwest, but not Illinois), and have already been in the city much longer than we had planned/expected.

We love Chicago, but most of our friends/family moved away during covid, and our jobs are now remote, so there’s nothing really “tying” us here.

We got to talking and made a list of reasons we’d want to move:

• warmer weather
• lower cost of living
• new scenery/access to more than just cornfields
• fresh start

I know Atlanta has some downsides (traffic, for example), but are we crazy to make this move?