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I think BostonBornMassMade may perhaps need to brush up on his (or her) knowledge of Chicago before making such broad, one-sided statements. Not a good look.
It’s a fine look.
What really was broad or one sided aside form a bit about cornfields? Even still, no one has named a unique or engaging natural feature aside from Lake Michigan that I should look too.
Regardless, I gave ample reasoning and explained where my knowledge (or lack thereof) on said topic is coming from. Nothing to shirk from.
Even if I swing food and suburbs (which the forum is not in universal agreement on by any means) Chicago would only come out on top of my list 6-4. Not a blowout
What really was broad or one sided aside form a bit about cornfields? Even still, no one has named a unique or engaging natural feature aside from Lake Michigan that I should look too.
Regardless, I gave ample reasoning and explained where my knowledge (or lack thereof) on said topic is coming from. Nothing to shirk from.
Even if I swing food and suburbs (which the forum is not in universal agreement on by any means) Chicago would only come out on top of my list 6-4. Not a blowout
Your comments were broad and unsupported by facts. I get that this is a message board and there is some latitude to use conventional wisdom and even subjective knowledge but when you make far-reaching comments like the below, people will call you on it. I get a real feeling that you have never been to Chicago, or if you have, briefly passed through O'Hare. You seem to have an axe to grind.
No biggie-- it's a message board, but you're pretty far off on your assessment of suburbs and dining.
I’ve never been to Chicago. As I said earlier I’m going off what I’ve heard.
I don’t think I made any broad statements. In fact, I broke down the variation made of Chicagoland burbs to the best of my knowledge and gave Chicago several categories over Vegas and acknowledges it is a superior city. I referenced people I know very well who live on different sideS of Chicago.
You seem to have an axe to grind . Are you perhaps from Chicago?
What really was broad or one sided aside form a bit about cornfields? Even still, no one has named a unique or engaging natural feature aside from Lake Michigan that I should look too.
If you're referring to scenery, it's kind of ridiculous to just minimize how prominent Lake Michigan is to Chicago and just call it "another lake". I could do the same thing for the mountains in Denver or the beach in Miami. There are very few cities that are as coastal as Chicago is, with most of the urban area lining the lakefront, complete with beaches, running trails, parks, piers, restaurants, etc. Chicago and Cook County's Forest Preserve system is also incredibly underrated in terms of natural scenery. Most realize that perspective is mainly one that is overly cooked up by news sources like Fox News.
If Chicago isn't you're cup of tea, that's totally fine! Like every city, it's not for everyone. But I think you do come off as a bit disingenuous in some of your replies. At least you admit you've never been to Chicago though. But the narrowminded view that Chicago's a freezing rust belt war zone in the middle of corn fields is very tired and old, and people who come visit Chicago with that narrowminded view, tend to leave thinking completely different, seeing that their pre-conceived biases and beliefs about the city have been flipped upside down from reality.
If you're referring to scenery, it's kind of ridiculous to just minimize how prominent Lake Michigan is to Chicago and just call it "another lake". I could do the same thing for the mountains in Denver or the beach in Miami. There are very few cities that are as coastal as Chicago is, with most of the urban area lining the lakefront, complete with beaches, running trails, parks, piers, restaurants, etc. Chicago and Cook County's Forest Preserve system is also incredibly underrated in terms of natural scenery. Most realize that perspective is mainly one that is overly cooked up by news sources like Fox News.
If Chicago isn't you're cup of tea, that's totally fine! Like every city, it's not for everyone. But I think you do come off as a bit disingenuous in some of your replies. At least you admit you've never been to Chicago though. But the narrowminded view that Chicago's a freezing rust belt war zone in the middle of cornfields is very tired and old, and people who come visit Chicago with that narrowminded view, tend to leave thinking completely different, seeing that their pre-conceived biases and beliefs about the city have been flipped upside down from reality.
I was very prominent in my assertion that Chicago was a better place than Boston for families in an earlier thread. Very prominent in that assertion.
I'm aware of how prominent Lake Michigan is-with a beach and all and how vast that lake is. Its just I can think of many cities with a lot of aquatic access. Ive spent the past month in 3 of them (Boston Baltimore NYC).
I understand I don't know all Chicago has to offer and Im well aware of how large, clean and fun downtown is. The same folks who chided the suburbs about cornfield told me that (along with many other people). But it is cold, in the rust belt and there are considerable "war zone" areas. We dont have to hide that ITs been a goal of mine to visit friends in CHicago for a whiel. Its coming soon...
I’ve never been to Chicago. As I said earlier I’m going off what I’ve heard.
I don’t think I made any broad statements. In fact, I broke down the variation made of Chicagoland burbs to the best of my knowledge and gave Chicago several categories over Vegas and acknowledges it is a superior city. I referenced people I know very well who live on different sideS of Chicago.
You seem to have an axe to grind . Are you perhaps from Chicago?
Nope, no axe to grind. Just responding to clear some up some misconceptions and offer some on-the-ground knowledge of Chicago.
You should visit; I think you would enjoy yourself.
2017 2018 may after this year seem like another era we lost after this awful year. But the Vegas Strip is not huge, but clearly notable. Still fully a resort series of blocks vs a legacy city that did have huge upswing till this awful year....
from link.
- Home to the iconic Restaurant Row and more than 5,000 restaurants (22 of which are Michelin-starred), Chicago is one of the hottest food cities on the planet right now.
- Others have been quick to take notice -- Conde Nast Traveler dubbed it America’s Best Restaurant City, and just a few months later, Bon Appetit called it the 2017 Restaurant City of the Year.
This is also a awful year for Chi and NYC to do any comparison. Both have extremist claiming their dying cities with locals in the Chi forum the worst.
There's no way Chicago has better food than Vegas.
You literally have TOP food, TOP chefs, all in a 2 mile radius on the strip. All within a 15 minute walk.
Nonsense. Once again NYC, Chicago, and SF are the top food cities in the U.S.A. in terms of scale, diversity, and cultural relevance. It's okay to have that opinion but on Mexican food alone Chicago is better. There are some nice restaurants in Vegas but to claim Vegas has a better food city than Chicago is just opinion, but it's not based on fact.
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