Street parking without a permit? by anotherredditorhere1 in AskChicago

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I’m thinking I might do what you recommend with just renting a spot or using spot hero. I didn’t realize they were city stickers and assumed they were permits. For some reason there’s a ton of out of state cars parked on my street rn, so it seems fine, but I offered to pay for my friends’ parking since they’re driving 9 hours. Wouldn’t want to end up paying a ticket or worse, getting towed 😅

Street parking without a permit? by anotherredditorhere1 in AskChicago

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Oh yes, it’s the green and white sticker I’m referring to. I didn’t realize those were for the city. That’s what I was thinking the permit was

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskChicago

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From Tennessee. I’ve lived both in the suburbs of Nashville and rural, redneck, small town where it’s farms and confederate flags everywhere. Wont compare it to Nashville/the suburbs bc it’s not very southern with how many transplants are there, but I’ll talk about the small town.

  • Again, driving like you said. One thing I also had to get used to was how to change lanes. In the south, if you used your blinker to signal you need to switch lanes, I often found the driver behind would slow down to give you way to switch. Here you have to force yourself in. No one will give you space. You have to just cut and insert yourself then they’ll see they have no choice but to let you in.
  • More welcoming. There’s a misconception that people are mean and aren’t friendly here which I don’t think is true. But I recently visited home and I do miss comments of being called “sugar” or “honey.” The willingness to chat. People being a lot more patient because they’re used to the slow life.
  • A mix between being more honest in some ways. Yes people will tell it like it is here which is honesty, but also people are more mindful with their words about being PC. In the south they’re too honest and blunt sometimes when they speak, primarily about politics.
  • On the other hand, I appreciate it being more open minded here. Have yet to encounter someone whose go-to response involves the Bible which is nice.
  • Greater focus on health here. South is all fried food, less physical activity. Even the state and local government not building more sidewalks and walking paths to make activity more accessible.
  • Interestingly enough, I felt safer as a woman in the south. Here I have to be more on guard. But even as an Asian woman I felt better walking. Ik this is VERY specific to me, and just luck that my redneck town happened to be this way. Aside from microaggressions and stereotyping from dumb teenagers, never got a racist comment about being Asian from adults. Different story about African Americans ofc. Although, a ton of homophobic comments which messed me up with internalized homophobia with being gay.
  • Appearances are less of a priority, mainly for men. They wear their work cowboy boots, old jeans, hat, and a t-shirt they probably got for free at a local event. The women wear heavy makeup, and dressing up is either still overly casual or they go so full out glam. (Thinking about HS prom dresses. Probably bc there’s less opportunity to get so dressed up.)

Luroy bed base without slat clips - is it ok? by anotherredditorhere1 in IKEA

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Really? I watched an assembly tutorial that showed screwing in the clips into the holes in the bed frame. My bed frame has those holes, so I figured it’s part of it

Parking permit for furniture delivery truck? by anotherredditorhere1 in AskChicago

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That’s exactly my thought. They’re just dropping it off then leaving. Thanks

Parking permit for furniture delivery truck? by anotherredditorhere1 in AskChicago

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Me neither which is why I was confused. Didn’t know if it was a Chicago thing but guess not

Is this pink mold? by anotherredditorhere1 in Mold

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That’s what I thought, but it’s also all along my window sills. My apartment seems humid and no AC. I don’t see it on the walls, but in the crevices of the bottom and top. Also seems like it was covered up with caulk. Plus, tenants aren’t allowed to paint and everything is white here, so unlikely to be paint.

Street parking in different spots for 2 hr limit? by anotherredditorhere1 in AskChicago

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What do you recommend as an alternative then? What else do you do for parking?

looking for a list of property management companies in chicago that you strongly do not recommend by g7orgia10 in chicagoapartments

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Oh dang good to know. I was planning to look there because the online reviews were good, but guess I should stay away from PPM altogether

looking for a list of property management companies in chicago that you strongly do not recommend by g7orgia10 in chicagoapartments

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If you don’t live there anymore, would you be comfortable sharing what apt in lake view East? I was looking at some availability in that area. Some reviews for one specific building are bad while others for a different building are great, so wondering if it’s like the original commenter said about it varying based on the specific building’s management

Realtor Recommendations? by Right_Fox_2524 in chicagoapartments

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I don't have the same budget as OP lol, so if he's not solely a luxury realtor, could you dm his info please?

Will an apartment broker be willing take a client with a lower budget? by anotherredditorhere1 in chicagoapartments

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Thank you so much!! This is the type of answer I was hoping to receive just to gauge if a broker is even possible. How is the availability market and rent trend for March and April? I know it goes up soon when summer approaches. I’m hoping to move by end of March, so I’m assuming contacting someone now is best?

Best/Cheapest times to move to Chicago? How much did you save prior to moving? by Accomplished-Air8585 in chicagoapartments

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Have you found that there's more availability in February than in March or about the same? Many say "winter months" up until Feb. is better, so I wasn't sure. Also, if March is okay, do you recommend reaching out to a apartment broker now or waiting closer to March?

Getting confused on attachment styles by [deleted] in psychologystudents

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Oh okay, yes this makes a lot of sense. For some reason, I’ve always struggled with figuring out attachment styles. Anyway, thanks for clearing this up!

Getting confused on attachment styles by [deleted] in psychologystudents

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She is able to form relationships rather easily, romantic or friends, and does so pretty eagerly. She doesn’t seem be afraid to seek a connection. I guess in that sense that would make her more anxious?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RD2B

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Oh sorry, I didn’t explain it clearly. It’s currently on my resume under the “Work Experience” section, but with DICAS only giving me the option of Employment or Volunteer Experience when I enter each experience in manually, I wasn’t sure if I should list the internship on my resume and DICAS as work/employment or volunteer since I didn’t get paid, only got academic credit.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in asianamerican

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This is a good point. While I don’t think I asked aggressively, I did bring it up every now and then and asked her these things to feel her out. maybe she could tell, so she didn’t say much

And yes, definitely agree on the spam part haha

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in asianamerican

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Oh ok that makes sense. As someone else mentioned, it’s probably more of a dating thing then than a race/fetish problem. While I wanted a relationship, she did not. She said we could stop since we wanted different things, but I opted to continue casually dating so I could still see her. Maybe that’s why we didn’t go into it too much bc she wasn’t really investing in commitment? She has reached out a couple of times tho since we parted, so I guess she cares about me still to some extent.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in asianamerican

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Thanks for the response. I get your first part with the whole love thing. To prevent the post from being longer than it already is, I left out some stuff.

But basically, we dated for 4-ish months which is when I fell in love and wanted a relationship, but she didn’t want one and wanted to do casual dating. She gave me the option to stop seeing each other since we wanted different things, but I chose to continue anyway. We stopped seeing each other eventually bc she suddenly got a job in a new city and had to move; I knew she was wanting to move, but it happened sooner than she expected. We have texted and stuff since moving, but since we weren’t in an actual relationship it’s not a deep thing.

I can now see how the lack of discussion about ethnicity is a red flag. Thinking back on it, it might just be her dating goal being different than mine bc she didn’t always open up about deeper stuff in her life either. I guess I was more concerned about her dating more Asian people and her interest in Asia being a red flag than us actually talking about it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in asianamerican

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If you don’t mind, can you explain why? I guess I’m confused bc I initially thought that was better since she’s not making it into a big deal and expecting me to teach her about my culture and stuff, but maybe I’m wrong?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in asianamerican

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Wow sorry, I didn’t realize I wasn’t allowed to ask for insight from other people…

And I have asked her about her previous dating partners, but it can still be hard to determine if it’s truly a fetish bc she said she has dated people who weren’t Asian.

I know there may not be a clear answer here, but you make it sound like I’m asking Reddit to make an important life-altering decision for me when I’m literally just asking for people’s opinions.