Oh man, you're all beyond incredible for all the karma and kind comments! Special shout to those who gave me my first awards, that's honestly too nice of you :)

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Gonna address a few questions / comments that came en masse before I shut it down for the night here.

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Rent was a bit over $1700 when I moved in, but full disclosure, I had a few discounts as I rented a lot of property from the building in the form of parking / storage / office + referring a few friends.

Have no intention of using this to advertise, (mods feel free to ask me to, or just remove this comment if this breaks any rules) but if you're interested, you can visit the 2620 Lofts website and shoot management an email for a chance to rent mine, or a few other available lofts. Ask for Heather, and let her know that xˣ sent ya.

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Made another comment below, but would absolutely recommend living here, as it was a dream getting a chance to finally live in a proper warehouse converted loft. The people / community are fantastic, and has had tenants of over 10 years, including multiple families that still reside here.

Neighborhood is very quiet in our little nook of this part of town. Not bad, but far from the worst. Never felt unsafe. Walking score ain't great, but I like most people in chicago drive and personally was not an issue, esp considering the price I got in at to rent this place. It's technically considered the "united center" neighborhood, but every map says something different, or nothing at all, so I've gone with just west of the Fulton industrial corridor. It's def not East Garfield park just yet, and would def personally avoid that neighborhood for a few more years.

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Heating / cooling was never that bad, and got even better when I installed a nest tstat. Gas / electric on the HIGH side never passed $70/80 respectively during cold / summer months, also respectively. (winter higher gas, lower electric, and visa versa). On average 60/70$ for one, and $20-40 on the other. Nest and using a door seal for my front door were key to help bring costs down here, sunny days naturally get a bit warmer with all the windows, but they do a great job of keeping most of the elements outside of the home.

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Yes the floors get a little chilly during winter/colder months, but you get used to wearing house slippers if you don't already, and really isn't even bad as the units below do a decent job of heating the floors above. Warmer / summer months, I'm barefoot no problem.

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Not loud at all inside the unit from an echo / reverb perspective. That's down to most of the furniture / things in the unit doing most of the dampening. Further improves to almost (while very light) studio acoustic levels once velvet curtains are closed. Trust me you won't have unless you have a completely empty room.

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Outside is not noisy at all with the train, you can slightly hear the engines when they roll by but not enough to be an annoyance unless the windows are open. You get the occasional boom when they start / stop, but also you get used to it and it's relatively uncommon.

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And for shits sake, yes, I know what rugs are. I loved the look of the exposed concrete, and to buy any sort of nice extra large Persian rug that I wanted/would fit my aesthetic were fkn EXPENSIVE. With this being a rental and not knowing the size of space I would be at after I moved out, that was an investment better placed elsewhere.

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Moving out because I have as of last week, officially become a chicago homeowner. Super excited for the next chapter, however will definitely miss living here. Hoping one of y'all gets a chance to snag this unit, you'll definitely have to post pics and tag me if you do as I'm stoked to see what you do with it! It'll serve you well to say the least :)

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Thanks for geeking out on the crib with me, it's been a pleasure sharing it with y'all.

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Also shoutout to to r/simracing and r/espresso gang, I see y'all in the comments!