Gas was under $1, food was cheap, tech was booming, and music was evolving.

I bought a used pickup truck and realized I was a long, long way from my music journalism life in New York City.

If needed, we can check for bandwidth hogs running streaming high-resolution streaming TV, which burns ~20X the bandwidth of streaming music and ~100X the bandwidth of streaming games. 

Chicago Music Town project is a fraud.

First problem is that their opperators arent trained to stay on script and that they paraphrase too much.Secondly if an operator isnt available the call goes to music without say anything, no welcome message at all, and a caller can be listening to dead air for minutes without an answer.

There are still some, but cut way way back.Probably some demand for Irving, concerts at Toyota Music Factory, Conventions at the Convention center, two hospitals, lots of corporate moves, good central location not far from both airports and on two different rail lines.

I also remember again thinking that being broke in the music business was a hell of a lot more fun.

It was playing musical chairs and ultimately, the music will stop.The other great thing about NYC is that it's very international.

If I was in this situation, (which I am, except my neighbors preferred method of noise is music), I will just move - my friends are stuck...Another benefit of renting is job flexibility.

Going back a bit as to the salesman, The Music Man has to be one of the top examples, selling band instruments using the "Think Method" if you think you can play it, you can.My first selling experience was as a 12 something kid, my folks had a camping trailer/supply business, I just jumped in doing demonstrations showing how easy it was setting up a tent trailer.