Chicago is Milwaukee x 10. There are ten times as many restaurants, bars, nightclubs, attractions, etc. in the city. There is also ten times the amount of traffic, expenses, people, headaches, noise, etc. . I like Chicago once in awhile. It's fun to visit once a year or so, but I can't imagine living there. I always find it hilarious when you hear Milwaukee traffic reports on the radio and they say "traffic is a nightmare this morning....Brown Deer to downtown is 20 minutes!" whereas in Chicago "the inbound Edens to downtown is moving right along, only an hour and 45 minutes." Insane!