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Old 10-27-2009, 12:42 AM
 
Location: Not where you ever lived
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This is just for fun... Chicago and NYC are very similar in so many ways. Please name something that is distinvtly different that sets the two cities apart. What do you think?

I think it is either Broadway of the diamond district. .
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Old 10-27-2009, 12:45 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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To be honest, I think we're all pretty exhausted with the constant NYC v. Chicago comparison/contrast threads/posts.
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Old 10-27-2009, 02:00 AM
 
Location: Wheaton, Illinois
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Chicago lacks coastal fortifications.
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Old 10-27-2009, 08:12 AM
 
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IMO -Chicago and NYC are nothing alike. The people, culture, attitude, pace are different. The only thing they share are urbanity and awesome skylines. Both cities are great.
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Old 10-27-2009, 12:38 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Linicx there are like 50 threads on that compare Chicago and NYC. Most were moved to the city vs. city forum last Spring or were created there to begin with.

Are these enough? (these are just the ones I could find easily in about 15 minutes)

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...city-city.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...e-chicago.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...o-hotdogs.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...-new-york.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...s-angeles.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...c-weather.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...ago-vs-ny.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...ooklyn-ny.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...c-poverty.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...ent-these.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...something.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...ogs-pizza.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...n-city-sf.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...vs-nyc-la.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...-new-york.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...tower-nyc.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/gener...s-chicago.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/new-y...e-chicago.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...s-chicago.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...hitecture.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/chica...nyc-taxes.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/gener...dom-tower.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...on-thread.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...york-city.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/chica...ve-nyc-vs.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/gener...gos-rival.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...s-chicago.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/chica...ual-ny-la.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...e-edition.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/city-...s-chicago.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/chica...c-chicago.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/chica...s-chicago.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/chica...e-stick-w.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/chica...manhattan.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/chica...-new-york.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/chica...es-square.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/chica...hborhoods.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/chica...im-scared.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/chica...pects-law.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/chica...here-live.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/chica...e-chicago.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/chica...-holidays.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/chica...go-vs-nyc.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/chica...your-city.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/chica...w-toddler.html

//www.city-data.com/forum/chica...e-chicago.html

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Old 10-27-2009, 01:18 PM
 
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The main difference is residents of NYC are leaving in droves while Chicago residents are staying put.
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Old 10-27-2009, 01:24 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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The main difference is residents of NYC are leaving in droves while Chicago residents are staying put.
How do you figure? Best I can tell, both are rather transient cities with plenty of people coming and going. NYC proper's population has been steadily growing. In fact NYC is about the only "legacy" city that never experienced a substantial population loss. They lost 10% between the 1970 and 1980 census but that's it. By the 2000 census they had regained all the population they lost. Chicago is still 25% down from its population peak.
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Old 10-27-2009, 01:27 PM
 
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Tax refugees staging escape from New York I worry this could also happen to Chicago.
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Old 10-27-2009, 01:41 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Tax refugees staging escape from New York I worry this could also happen to Chicago.
So what you're talking about is a turnover of higher-earning taxpayers being replaced by lower-earning taxpayers. I don't see that kind of exodus happening here unless there's a huge shift in the tax structure. New York taxes income at a far higher rate than Illinois -- NYC residents pay as much or more income taxes to the city before they ever pay the state as Illinois residents pay total. Illinois tax structure shifts more of the burden to sales tax, which the rich can manage how little or how much they pay simply by modifying their spending behavior.
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Old 10-27-2009, 01:46 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Tax refugees staging escape from New York I worry this could also happen to Chicago.
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So what you're talking about is a turnover of higher-earning taxpayers being replaced by lower-earning taxpayers. I don't see that kind of exodus happening here unless there's a huge shift in the tax structure. New York taxes income at a far higher rate than Illinois -- NYC residents pay as much or more income taxes to the city before they ever pay the state as Illinois residents pay total. Illinois tax structure shifts more of the burden to sales tax, which the rich can manage how little or how much they pay simply by modifying their spending behavior.

This could have been great material for this thread :

//www.city-data.com/forum/chica...nyc-taxes.html
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