why does everyone always compare nyc to chicago? (live, place, Atlanta)

[smoking357]

Originally Posted by prelude91

How can you tell they felt very similar by looking at old photgraphs

Most students of history can do this.

[wsobchak]

Like many of these threads, it begins with a bogus assertion.

I have never heard Chicago compared to NYC.

[Chicago South Sider]

Originally Posted by wsobchak

Like many of these threads, it begins with a bogus assertion.

I have never heard Chicago compared to NYC.

Really? I hear it far too often. Both cities have some similarities but are very different places at the end of the day.

[Alacran]

Every other city people say "There's something about here you can't find anywhere else"

But when it comes to Chicago "Oh, it's just like NYC, nothing special"

Chicago imo has more in common with it's Great lake cities like Milwaukee, Cleveland, Detroit...

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by Alacran

Every other city people say "There's something about here you can't find anywhere else"

But when it comes to Chicago "Oh, it's just like NYC, nothing special"

Chicago imo has more in common with it's Great lake cities like Milwaukee, Cleveland, Detroit...

I disagree and think Chicago strongly stands on it's own

[Bydand]

Originally Posted by smoking357

Most students of history can do this.

WTF? That is one of the damn stupidest things I have read in a long time. You can tell how a place felt by looking at a photograph... I smell a huge load of BS.

[Nafster]

Originally Posted by kidphilly

I disagree and think Chicago strongly stands on it's own

Yes, I agree.

Chicago is very different than New York City.

I will say that maybe the two are compared because they are probably the two "true cities" in the United States (Philadelphia being the arguable 3rd).

Meaning, they have massive populations, high density, booming skylines, and similar climates (though Chicago has colder winters and much more comfortable summers). They both have great transportation systems too (though New York City's is and always will be the country's best).

But they are just different in terms of vibe. Different paces, different architecture, different attractions, different parks, different bodies of water (lets start comparing lakes vs. oceans ), different restaurants, different entertainment venus.

New York and Chicago are my favorite cities, but I truly don't get the comparison. It's kind of like comparing Spain to Germany. They're both in Europe, they're both big..... um... but what else....

[john_starks]

i've never stepped foot in chicago, but the skyline is easily the most similar

[smoking357]

Originally Posted by Bydand

WTF? That is one of the damn stupidest things I have read in a long time. You can tell how a place felt by looking at a photograph... I smell a huge load of BS.

Nah, just smarter and more learned than you. If you decide to go to college, stop by a History department (it's in the school of Liberal Arts), and bring some old photographs, and see what inferences and conclusions they can draw from them.

[smoking357]

Originally Posted by wsobchak

Like many of these threads, it begins with a bogus assertion.

I have never heard Chicago compared to NYC.

You must be young, and you must not have been exposed to a lot of early 20th Century periodicals, art and literature. The cities were peers and competed with each other.

For fun:

"Lil: So when I was 18 I left home and came here to Chicago.
Johnny Dangerously: Uh Lil, this ain't Chicago. We're in New York.
Lil: You're kidding.
[pause]
Lil: Well, New York, Chicago, to a girl on her own, it's all the same."