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Old 06-11-2013, 10:09 AM
 
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I went to Santa Monica and Venice beach in LA, and I was not impressed. Chicago's is so much better IMO. Our navy pier is better than what they have. Our bike paths and beaches are better. Venice Beach is so commercialized, with ugly shops everywhere. I feel like our lakefront is truly for the people.
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Old 06-11-2013, 10:14 AM
 
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Old 06-11-2013, 10:17 AM
 
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Better beaches? Really?
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Old 06-11-2013, 10:18 AM
 
Location: Upper West Side, Manhattan, NYC
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The Chicago Lakefront is good, but other cities have better beaches IMO (although Chicago's are not terrible). Venice Beach used to be good
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Old 06-11-2013, 10:46 AM
 
Location: River North, Chicago, Illinois
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July: A contender
January: Not so much

I wish Chicago had at least one stretch of semi-commercialized beachfront, like Miami Beach or even just like Revere in the Boston area or Ipanema or Monte Carlo. For the most part, I'm glad Chicago has protected the lakefront, but having just a mile stretch of commercialized beach would still be something I'd personally enjoy.

Ideally, it'd be created somewhere south of the Loop, to help rejuvenate the South Side.
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Old 06-11-2013, 11:09 AM
 
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Old 06-11-2013, 12:55 PM
 
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San Francisco has a pretty good waterfront on 3 sides of its city. Seattle and Miami have pretty good waterfronts as well, though (bias admitted) I'd still put Chicago ahead of them.
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Old 06-11-2013, 01:10 PM
 
Location: Edmonds, WA
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I went to Santa Monica and Venice beach in LA, and I was not impressed. Chicago's is so much better IMO. Our navy pier is better than what they have. Our bike paths and beaches are better. Venice Beach is so commercialized, with ugly shops everywhere. I feel like our lakefront is truly for the people.
I was just in Venice the other day, and have to agree... and it has some really gritty/dumpy areas with a lot of scary varietals of homeless people. Not to say Chicago doesn't but I've never seen anything on the beach like that in a supposedly "nice" area of Chicago. San Diego and OC beaches are much better imo, or north like Malibu.
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Old 06-12-2013, 10:53 AM
 
Location: USA
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As far as I know, there is no city in the US that's as intimately connected with its waterfront as Chicago. Mainly by the fact that there is access to the lake with little obstruction for almost the entire 25 mile coast. It's also neat because it's very affordable to live close to a beach on the far North or South side. You're definitely not going to get that in California.
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Old 06-13-2013, 08:21 PM
 
Location: Cleveland, OH USA / formerly Chicago for 20 years
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I went to Santa Monica and Venice beach in LA, and I was not impressed. Chicago's is so much better IMO. Our navy pier is better than what they have. Our bike paths and beaches are better. Venice Beach is so commercialized, with ugly shops everywhere. I feel like our lakefront is truly for the people.
Haven't been to Venice, but I loved hanging out on the Santa Monica Pier and just taking in the scenery. I'm not a big fan of Navy Pier in Chicago -- IMO it's too commercial and too much of a tourist trap. I've been there exactly twice in 18 years of living here.
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