Are many Chicagoans utterly clueless compared to folks on this forum? (Addison: university, best)

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by ChiNaan

That appears to be a train station in Connecticut. I believe he was talking about a neighborhood in Chicago.

haha I totally linked to the wrong article. Yes, it's "South of North Avenue" for Chicago. I've heard it used many times..

Near North Side, Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[ChiNaan]

Originally Posted by marothisu

haha I totally linked to the wrong article. Yes, it's "South of North Avenue" for Chicago. I've heard it used many times..

Near North Side, Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wow. Yeah, that's just bizarre to call that little corner its own neighborhood, and an obnoxious name. Besides sounding like it's trying too hard, it's meaningless as a descriptor, since about 2/3 of the city is "South of North Avenue."

[Larry Siegel]

Originally Posted by nightlysparrow

There are at least 200 neighborhoods in Chicago, and many areas were named or renamed after 1985. Very few people know them all anymore, except maybe cabdrivers.

Neighborhoods in Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Many of the cabdrivers I've had can't find the airport. I'd hate to see what they'd do if I asked them to take me to Greater Grand Crossing.

[Larry Siegel]

Originally Posted by rparz

Then you can get into neighborhood names and official commuity areas,

Bucktown Or Logan Square?
Wicker Park/Ukie or West Town?
Roscoe Village or North Center?

Same - same

Not really. Bucktown south of Armitage is part of West Town, Bucktown north of Armitage is part of the large Logan Square community area (but pretty far from the neighborhood most people call Logan Square)

Roscoe Village (south of Addison, west of Damen) is part of Lakeview, not North Center

Wicker Park and UKV are both part of West Town.

Picky, picky, I know.

[andrew61]

Originally Posted by Plzeň

I think this has to do at least in part with the fact that the numbered streets on the south side make it easier for people to visualize one of the two directional coordinates without having to know the entire map by memory. You don't have that on the north side.

Well, I have had people tell me they live at "Devon and Cicero", or grew up at "Diversey and Harlem" or "Lincoln and Foster".

[andrew61]

Originally Posted by Drover

But is it worse than the cringe-iducing, NYC-wannabe-sounding "SoNo"?

And don't forget "SoFo" (the part of Andersonville south of Foster).

[andrew61]

Originally Posted by Larry Siegel

Roscoe Village (south of Addison, west of Damen) is part of Lakeview, not North Center

Are you sure about that? Every map I've ever seen shows the western boundary of Lakeview to be Ravenswood Avenue, and it's North Center west of that.

[A2DAC1985]

Originally Posted by Drover

But is it worse than the cringe-iducing, NYC-wannabe-sounding "SoNo"?

Sweet Jesus. I hate it. Hate it. Can't we just let New York have their moronic abbreviations without trying to incorporate them into the rest of the country?

"SoHo? Really? So south of Houston street, right? Are you talking about Staten Island? Maybe Philadelphia? That is south of Houston Street."

SoNo? That's just so... no, no. It's not acceptable.

[cslind]

I grew up on the South Side in the early sixties. If I meet someone and they ask me where I grew up; how I answer depends on who they are. If they are Catholic I might say St Leo's it was just east of St Sabina's. If they are Protestant or North siders , I would say 79th and Halsted. If they are new to the city I would just leave it at the South Side. The one thing I would never use is I grew up in Auburn Gresham.

[JacksonPanther]

Originally Posted by cslind

The one thing I would never use is I grew up in Auburn Gresham.

I wonder if any Chicago non-transplants would ever use the terms "North Center" or "Roscoe Village".

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