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Chicago....closest to home and Lollapalooza. However, I HATE the Cubs, so seeing Cubs fans on a routine basis would get annoying quick.
Kind of ironic to me that this thread was started today. I closed on a foreclosure house in November (small town Iowa). Tonight is officially my first night staying there. The reason for this is because the house was originally heated by a boiler and boiler lines/radiators. We were all set and ready to move stuff in 2 days after closing when we turned the water on. When we turned the water on, the place became a tropical freaking rain forest. Turns out, every water line and boiler line had burst. On top of this, the ceiling and wall in the basement caved in. Almost everything in my downstairs bathroom became destroyed. We also found out that the refrigerator and dishwasher were shot (when the realtor told us it was top notch). There were 10 different locations in the house with the phrase, "winterized in December 2010" written on it, including; valves, the boiler itself, faucets, etc. There were also 2 papers, 1 upstairs, 1 downstairs that indicated that the inspection was good. The realtor did not offer any inspections (and I am under the impression that they are supposed to and that it is an ethical violation if they don't) and basically just informed me that the inspection papers and winterization stickers were legit.
ANYWAYS, we had to put a whole new heating system in. We now have central heat and there is all kinds of baseboard trim damage throughout my house due to having to gut the radiators. I still have no ceiling in my basement. When they removed the boiler, the plumbers discovered that the thing was half-full of water still..... awesome freaking winterizing job, eh?
This has cost me an additional 10k+ that I hadn't originally budgeted for already. To say the absolute least, this isn't over yet.
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