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Old 09-16-2015, 10:06 PM
 
Location: Upper West Side, Manhattan, NYC
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^ Go to Singapore. You'll find out which is a greener city than Chicago (it's not called the "Garden City" for no reason), but Chicago ranks pretty highly.
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Old 09-17-2015, 09:25 AM
 
Location: Below 59th St
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Murders.

On a positive note, probably no American city has more hometown pride. Chicagoans seem to love Chicago more than other people love their hometowns.
And people who pay it backhanded compliments. Been a first order chi-town tradition for nearly a century.
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Old 09-17-2015, 10:55 AM
 
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It did hold the only World's Fair in the Midwest.
Nope. It held two of the three. St. Louis held one in 1904.
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Old 09-17-2015, 12:56 PM
 
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Idk....a heckuva lot of amazing, talented people have come from Chi-town......
Must be something in the water


Vince Vaughn
Steve Carell
Robin Williams
David Schwimmer
Harrison Ford
John Cusack
Eddie Vedder
John Mahoney
Fisher Stevens
Kanye West
Walt Disney
Belushi Brothers
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Old 09-17-2015, 02:16 PM
 
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Idk....a heckuva lot of amazing, talented people have come from Chi-town......
Must be something in the water


Vince Vaughn
Steve Carell
Robin Williams
David Schwimmer
Harrison Ford
John Cusack
Eddie Vedder
John Mahoney
Fisher Stevens
Kanye West
Walt Disney
Belushi Brothers
Raquel Welch
Gillian Anderson
Jennifer Beals
Daryl Hannah
Mandy Patinkin
Kim Novak

just a few more...
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Old 09-18-2015, 08:30 AM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
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The relative COL & bang for your buck in regards to big city living - and the cleanliness in relation to the overall density.
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Old 09-18-2015, 09:33 AM
 
Location: Wicker Park/East Village area
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Food.
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Old 09-18-2015, 03:40 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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i think Chicago comes in first with the most annoying, maggot-like trolls on all C-D city forums.
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Old 09-18-2015, 04:11 PM
 
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i think Chicago comes in first with the most annoying, maggot-like trolls on all C-D city forums.
That is certainly true, and I struggle to understand why.
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Old 09-18-2015, 04:16 PM
 
Location: Upper West Side, Manhattan, NYC
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That is certainly true, and I struggle to understand why.
Because people find it hard to believe that a good city can be somewhere other than the coasts? That rhetoric has been going on since Chicago boomed with population in the 1800s.
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