When you think of Chicago what do you think of? (ideology, economic)

[claudhopper]

First I think of the headquarters for most corrupt politicians, secondly the violence and murder rate, it doesn't get much better after that.

[NoJiveMan]

Originally Posted by zombocom

Cattle cars and the meat packing industry, actually...

Ahhh, you must be an old timer. I remember those.

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Originally Posted by chielgirl

Blues.

& brothers

[Hirilorn]

The Bulls, the Bears (getting owned at Lambeau).

[MOS0311]

Originally Posted by eRayP

When you think of Chicago what do you think of?

A City....NEXT!!!!!!!

[Chaffeetrekker]

Originally Posted by godofthunder9010

Absolutely awesome city, ridiculously corrupt politics. Best pizza anywhere, best hot dogs, best sports town, best skyline in the USA today, great museums and the lakefront.

That's what they said about Rome in 450 A.D........well,a few years later the GOTHS moved in and took it over..

[d4g4m]

When I hear the word 'Chicago', I think of corruption, crime, murder, winter, wind chill factor, and hundreds of revenue cameras on traffic lights.

[totsuka]

Corruption, failed government, high taxes.

[NoJiveMan]

Originally Posted by Hirilorn

The Bulls, the Bears (getting owned at Lambeau).

It's why Wisconsinites all have goal posts in their yards, to keep the bears out.

[LexusNexus]

Chicago Cubs (Cubbies), Wrigley Field, Gale Sayers, Soldier Field, Chicago Bears, Jack Brickhouse, Joe Pepitone, Jose Cardinal, WGN, Fahey Flynn, Joel Daley, John Drury, Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, the 'L', La Salle Street, Lake Shore Drive, Grant Park, Bozo's Circus, Louis Bellson "The Oracle Speaks", Frazier Thomas and "Family Classics", Garfield Goose and Friends, Kup's Show, WLS-TV, Bert Weinman Ford, Creature Features, Ray Rayner and Friends, Lake Michigan, Chicago Lakefront, Michigan Avenue, John Hancock Building, Sears Tower, Wind Chill, Walter Payton, Mayor Harold Washington, Dick Butkus, Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, House Music, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

[quigboto]

Home sweet home.
A city of neighborhoods.
My little brick house in Humboldt Park.
An awesome arts and music scene, which I'm lucky enough to be part of.
My neighborhood bar.
Fantastic friends.
Great food (My one complaint, however is I still have yet to find truly great chicken wings in this town)
The neighborhood potluck I attend every Monday.
A place where both my wife's career, and mine blossomed.
Second City Training Center (The Harvard of comedy)
Tom Skilling always getting the weather forecast wrong.
Da Blackhawks!
The Steppenwolf and The Goodman Theaters.
The bone-in filet at Rosebud Steakhouse.
Gorgeous tree-lined boulevards, and one of the finest urban park systems in the world.
Beautiful women.
Dog friendly.
16 inch softball.
The El.
The blues clubs that tourists (cyber or otherwise) know about, and the blues clubs that they don't.
Terrible winters.
Parking sucks, and so does traffic.
Neighborhood street fests in the summer.
Old Style on draft.
Malort.
Giardinera.
Co-Op Hot Sauce.
Strong opinions about what you should or shouldn't put on your hot dog.
Old Town School of Folk Music.
"Check Please!"