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On WSJ, SSP, SSC, CD, NYT, WP, etc people always pick on Chicago for being in flyover country but no one does it for Denver, Atlanta, Phoenix, etc imo? Does the midwest have an image issue? Do midwesterners think there's double standard?
Do people actually call Chicago flyover country though? Maybe because it's the largest city not on the ocean? I don't think flyover country is necessarily a diss in Chicago's case, because there are a lot of cities on the coast that Chicago blows away.
Im from the East Coast (NY) and ive never ever thought this in my life.
Chicago is one of the premier cities in the country. In a group with NYC, Philly, Boston, DC, SF, Seattle and LA. Miami, Atlanta, Houston and Dallas come next.
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Chicago is ONLY Flyover for INTERNAIONAL TOURIST. NYC gets the most. LA and SF get a lot and Miami today.
But Chicago is NO FLYOVER CITY FOR DOMESTIC TOURIST.
On WSJ, SSP, SSC, CD, NYT, WP, etc people always pick on Chicago for being in flyover country but no one does it for Denver, Atlanta, Phoenix, etc imo? Does the midwest have an image issue? Do midwesterners think there's double standard?
Im from the East Coast (NY) and ive never ever thought this in my life.
Chicago is one of the premier cities in the country. In a group with NYC, Philly, Boston, DC, SF, Seattle and LA. Miami, Atlanta, Houston and Dallas come next.
I missed that; no way in the world should Seattle be grouped with the likes of NYC, LA, Chicago, DC, SF, Philly, and Boston. A great city in its own right, but it's below them.
Flyover country is the mind numbing stretch in the heartland where it's flat and plain.
Phoenix is in a desert valley nestled in some tall mountains close to the southern border, Denver is next to the Rockies and Atlanta is on the coast
You don't generally 'fly over' Atlanta or Phoenix and like Denver they all have variable landscapes/features different than where 'fly over' country is. (OK, AR, KS, IL, IN, OH etc.)
Chicago is in fly over county, but Chicago itself isn't a fly over nor is it Chastised?
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Flawed premise here.
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