I cannot imagine what living in downtown Chicago is like. On top of being prohibitively expensive, where would you shop for groceries or other domestic services? Its like a double whammy of expensive living and poor access.
Within 20 minutes of walking, I can get to two separate Targets, Whole Foods and even a Home Depot.
This really is the most ridiculous thing about America. The Loop and River North are really nice! And yet most of the country has decided that this should be simply forbidden from occurring anywhere else.
What kind of weird question is this? "Downtowns" are _more_ accessible for people, not less. That's why they are more expensive by the foot.
Are you under the belief that there are no markets or services in cities? This seems like a perspective you can get from only living in the suburban non-sense that America has constructed.
It's always a big question in my city, "can you live here without a car?" and most of it has historically hinged on grocery shopping.
What city?
It was a question. You asked the question, and it can only be asked as a non-rhetorical question if it is predicated on ignorance and some a priori perspective.
>I live in the city
Are you talking about an "actual" city, or an urban sprawl?