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<p>I agree it does sound like an oxymoron. But we have four Marriott timeshare weeks, and can pretty much go to warm places whenever we want. Chicago is for food especially after 10:00 at night, theater, culture, shopping, urban views, and people watching.</p>
<p>We always use home equity credit line for large purchases, like car or home improvements. We never buy new car, so nice dealer financing usually is not available for us. We do not have a mortgage. Our D is a sophmore, her tuition and part of R&B covered by Merit $$. We try to use credit cards whenever they take it, we pay the bill in full when it comes. However, we stopped any purchases except for food, gas and other necessities. We believe that we will survive as long as we have our jobs.</p>
<p>tsdad, you’ll be sitting pretty with a Chicago condo if we get the 2016 Olympics!</p>
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You might want to check with people in Atlanta to see how that worked out for them in 1996…</p>