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What two or three cities if put into an equation would equal Chicago ? Not meant to be 1000% accurate btw lol
This is just for conversation. I look forward to your answers
Me personally, my attempt at it would be
Washington D.C + Detroit + Philadelphia
What did you come up with ?
The South Side and southern half of the West Side easily would be Detroit (lake front, large grid pattern, Ford plant, majority minority, areas of decay with some nice sections, relatively inexpensive). Pretty similar in size when you take all areas south of Cermak or Roosevelt.
The core/north side is a lot trickier. The area inside Halsted from Chinatown and McCormick place up through North Ave. (about five square miles) certainly is Manhattan-lite with the biggest density and concentration of high rises and skyscrapers outside of NYC, but that basically is similar in size to Mid-Manhattan (between 14th and 59th street river to river) and not the whole borough, and Grant/Millennium Park is sort of like Central Park in away, but at least Navy Pier is nicer than Chelsea Piers IMO. But I'd still say that the core of Chicago is sort of the geometric mean between the cores of Philadelphia and Manhattan in terms of vibrancy IMO. Outside this core area though, the rest of the North Side resembles Milwaukee the closest (Milwaukee Ave. after all is one of the major thoroughfares), but with a touch of Brooklyn here and there with some Els, more ethnic/racial/sexual diversity, and even Wrigley Field sort of having the spirit of old Ebbitts Field.
If Detroit and NYC had a baby, it would be Chicago.
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