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I know I'm going to get a lot of heat for saying this, BUT - Chicago may at one point have been a good food city, but not anymore. I've been four (4) Greek restaurants in Greek town and every single one cannot get a greek gyro salad right. I've had to request olives on each salad, send them back for GYRO meat and feta freaking cheese!
Giodarno's deep dish IS NOT GOOD if you like to just eat dough. Or let's just focus on healthy GREENS! For those of us not wanting to be morbidly obese, like many Chicagoins enjoy being, there's no Sweet Tomatoes or any decent veggie salad bar for that matter. If one of you out there can recommend one to me in the north burbs, I'd appreciate it!
Sweet Tomatoes actually used to have locations here, but closed down a few years back. Never got to try it but heard great things.
Chicago is absolutely still a great foodie city. I wouldn't judge the entire city's cuisine by Giordano's alone. Definitely ranks among the best food cities in the country, along with SF, New Orleans, and NYC. This is Chicago, not Lubbock, TX. There are hundreds upon hundreds of restaurants to choose from here, and tons are terrific, and yes, there is plenty more the city is known for than deep dish pizza (and even that, you didn't give a fair shake only trying one place).
I one time took a train from the loop in Chicago to south bend and I swear I saw a massive factory burning down outside this crappy little town. It was an interesting trip. I would never come on here and be like YEAH That must be what it is like to live in Chicagoland!
South Bend is 100 miles from Chicago, LOL. Some people pull out all the stops, whether relevant, or not.
All three cities are fantastic. But I'm going Philly-->Chicago-->Boston. I love the urbanity of Chicago, and Boston is the gateway to the finest U.S. region east of the Mississippi in my opinion, which is New England. But Philly has the perfect mix: urban, historic, it's a great food and sport and culture town, and it's close to some impressive natural features/geography. I actually view the proximity to Baltimore as a plus (and it's close to so many other metros). Also, since we are talking long-term, I believe Philadelphia has more reasonably priced real estate. That's a huge difference-maker.
How many trains per day from Chicago to South Bend? What's worth visiting there other than the university, on the scale of Baltimore?
Proximity doesn't count unless it's accessible...to me that means transit and sometimes a bicycle.
Soon, there will be ten trains a day between Chicago and Milwaukee. Currently, there are eight. There are three trains between Chicago and South Bend, and I'm guessing most of those people have a connection to Notre Dame.
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