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As a Chicagoan, sorry you don't have a good thing to say about my home town. Sorry I can't return the favor. Milwaukee and Madison are major cities in your state and I find both of them terrific.
tspoon, we may think SF "blows chi out of the water" and that's fine;it's your opinion. You know who doesn't think that way? Chicagoans. We think our city is incredible on every level and we don't even need to compare it other places as (1) know our own greatness and (2) thus are not afraid of the "competition" (which isn't competition at all,but merely other places to love.)
So a Chicagoan and go to and throughly enjoy and embrace the greatness of such great US cities like Boston, New York, Washington, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, and not feel the least bit threatened by them as we know we belong with them.
but that's us. If you feel differently about us up in Wausau, that's your right too.
I think if you removed the Golden Gate Bridge, SF would be hard to ID, specifically if youre talking solely about the skyline. Id give the slight edge to Chicago on this one, as the skyline is unique. This was a tough one!
So let's remove the GG Bridge but not remove anything from Chicago?
So let's remove the GG Bridge but not remove anything from Chicago?
I was referring to the skyline and its buildings, not bridges. The pyramid in SF is distinguishable, but not so much as the Sears Tower, which is far more famous. If you want to remove a landmark that isnt a building downtown, then we'll remove Lake Michigan from the picture... Chicago's skyline will still be distinguishable.
As a Chicagoan, sorry you don't have a good thing to say about my home town. Sorry I can't return the favor. Milwaukee and Madison are major cities in your state and I find both of them terrific.
tspoon, we may think SF "blows chi out of the water" and that's fine;it's your opinion. You know who doesn't think that way? Chicagoans. We think our city is incredible on every level and we don't even need to compare it other places as (1) know our own greatness and (2) thus are not afraid of the "competition" (which isn't competition at all,but merely other places to love.)
So a Chicagoan and go to and throughly enjoy and embrace the greatness of such great US cities like Boston, New York, Washington, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, and not feel the least bit threatened by them as we know we belong with them.
but that's us. If you feel differently about us up in Wausau, that's your right too.
I completely respect that.. Chicago is a great city. theyre both great in their own way and the reason why I pointed out some details on why SF is better, it was simply based on the criteria of how some rate cities.. NO CITY IS BETTER THAN THE NEXT, ITS ALL IN OPINION AND THE CRITERIA YOU USE TO JUDGE IT
I was referring to the skyline and its buildings, not bridges. The pyramid in SF is distinguishable, but not so much as the Sears Tower, which is far more famous. If you want to remove a landmark that isnt a building downtown, then we'll remove Lake Michigan from the picture... Chicago's skyline will still be distinguishable.
Oh of course. Thats because Chicago has a obvious much bigger skyline and one of the biggest in the world. But I think this thread is just talking about features in general for each city if I'm not mistaken. Not the skyline.
Oh of course. Thats because Chicago has a obvious much bigger skyline and one of the biggest in the world. But I think this thread is just talking about features in general for each city if I'm not mistaken. Not the skyline.
The skyline of Chicago isn't helping it with foreign tourist numbers in comparison to S.F.. S.F gets far more International tourists to it than Chicago so I think that speaks to something in terms of global recognition.
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The skyline of Chicago isn't helping it with foreign tourist numbers in comparison to S.F.. S.F gets far more International tourists to it than Chicago so I think that speaks to something in terms of global recognition.
Or San Francisco is simply in a better geographic location to receive more international visitors--recognition isn't necessarily the root cause.
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