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View Poll Results: Greater Boston vs. Chicagoland
Greater Boston 64 44.14%
Chicagoland 81 55.86%
Voters: 145. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 02-04-2018, 07:04 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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I think that comment was meant to rile people up. Not worth responding to.
Unfortunately I'm often in that "never learn" category
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Old 02-04-2018, 07:34 AM
 
Location: Maryland
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Two great areas, but Chicagoland wins (albeit slightly) to me. Love both.
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Old 02-04-2018, 03:01 PM
 
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Unfortunately I'm often in that "never learn" category
Hahaha understand. I think he was trying to ruffle feathers. Anyone with a brain knows how incredible Chicago is.
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Old 02-04-2018, 03:03 PM
 
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Two great areas, but Chicagoland wins (albeit slightly) to me. Love both.
Agreed! Love Maryland as well, btw. Annapolis is awesome.
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Old 02-04-2018, 08:44 PM
 
Location: East Coast
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So elites must come on the coasts? Gee, in that case, I sure am happy Chicago is inland. And if our elites....from Boston to Washington, from Los Angeles to San Francisco rule the roost and everything in-between is Flyover Country, then I've got to ask you: what type of dysfunctional and aristocratic nation is this that, first, we even have elites and second, that our elites are two narrow strips along the Atlantic and Pacific with 3000 miles of nothingness between? Seems to me that's a recipe for disaster...and a threat to all those "elite" cities, even New York which hardly benefits from being in nation so constructed. Everyone would pick their own time as to when any city was its greatest. To me for NYC, it would be the 1950s....when everything seemed to be zooming on all cylinders....you know, the time that elite, white collar New York was very much enriched by elite, blue collar Detroit.

But I'm getting the feeling you must be playing us on this one, Wizard, because I don't anyone could come up with something as crazy as "Boston is an elite coastal city. Chicago is not." which is about as absurd as saying "Chicago is an elite interior city. Boston is not."

Of course, as a Chicagoan, we being a fairly sophisticated lot, we hardly would ever look to Boston as a joke, or even suggest it isn't in the same "league" as we are. And we do share a lot with Boston: for example, Chicago and Boston are, by far, the most Sox-est cities in America. Besides, what you wrote says very little about Boston, which is a great city by any measure....but it does say a lot about you.

Interesting world we're moving into, Wizard, where The Greatest And Most Exceptional Nation The World Has Ever Known is pretty much melting down and imploding and has become an international joke, a laughing stock. The world's focus seems to be going back to the so called old world and the elite portion seems to form a line that goes from the Far East to western Europe, all the while we Americans duke it out in our small bubble, our cities taking pot shots at each other.....while truthfully, they're all in the same boat (and that boat has sprung a leak). Globally speaking, the Americas are kind of like turning into a backwater. It's kind of like this: London and Hong Kong are elite Eurasian cities. New York, out in the fly-over country that is the Americas, in not.

So me close by asking you to tell me the truth......Is your comment a joke?
Edge...do you believe that America, the largest economy in the world, is really a backwater? Do you believe that New York City is not the leading one or two cities in the world? I’m sure you’ve seen how people live in other parts of the world! I don’t share that if that’s what you’re implying.
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Old 02-09-2018, 10:31 PM
 
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A number of people vote chicago for geographic location. I don't understand this. The main reason I hear is because it is centrally located and you can fly places more quickly. This is all relative. You can fly to San Fran more quickly but not London. I'd much rather be closer to day/weekend trips. If I want to see friends in New York I can decide now and drive down tonight. I can drive 2 hours to legit skiing for a weekend trip and 45 minutes to open ocean. I enjoy chicago very much as a city but it doesn't win geographic location.
Yep. Boston wins easily.
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Old 02-09-2018, 11:13 PM
 
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Yep. Boston wins easily.
Really? Looks like Chicago is ahead, to me.
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Old 02-10-2018, 01:37 PM
 
Location: Bergen County, New Jersey
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I mean theres far more people on here from Chi than Bos.
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Old 02-10-2018, 02:56 PM
 
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I mean theres far more people on here from Chi than Bos.
Eh, there are far more northeasterners than midwesterners. That part may work in Boston's favor?

But to your point, and in general, Chicago certainly attracts a lot more tourism based on raw numbers- Obviously, it's significantly bigger. So, I think the pulse of the US based on my time traveling, is that folks are more familiar and comfortable with Chicago than Boston, which lends to a familiarity complex. Typically, once people really traveling around Greater Boston, they are very impressed.

Either way, I like the poll/this thread. Largely non confrontational, likely because they are two areas with very very little to prove.
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Old 02-10-2018, 02:57 PM
 
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Really? Looks like Chicago is ahead, to me.
Think they meant from a geographic location perspective. The poll reflects more than that.

Relax.
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