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Chicago is called the second city because of the Chicago Fire! The term doesn't have any relationship to New York. Philly can give Chicago a run for its money. I'm not saying Philly is better but it's arguably pound for pound just as urban as Chicago.
Actually yes it does. There is even a famous book published in the 1950s that's all about this. Even if the original name was because of the fire, the connotation has to do with the rivalry with NYC. Give me a break. People who bring up the Fire as the connotation of this term are living over 100 years in the past.
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Chicago is often referred to as "the second city," but to its citizens, it is second to none.
For decades, Chicago was second to New York in city population rankings and New Yorker magazine writer Abbott J. Liebling used the term as a title for his 1950s tongue-in-cheek book titled, Chicago: The Second City. The book was not well received. Today, Chicago is actually the third largest city in the United States following New York and Los Angeles.
Liebling, however, did not originate the Chicago nickname. Chicago was often referred to as the "second city" during the battle with New York as the selection for the site of the Columbian Exposition.
I use to wear a bullet vest when walking to work at night after having two guns pointed at me during a robbery. You just never know when it will come in useful.
Thats what happened to my cousin...he was in high school walking home and two guys threatened him with a gun, they took his backpack. He later told police that all he had was a water bottle, a crappy cheap cricket cell phone and a history book from his class. lol
Actually yes it does. There is even a famous book published in the 1950s that's all about this. Even if the original name was because of the fire, the connotation has to do with the rivalry with NYC. Give me a break. People who bring up the Fire as the connotation of this term are living over 100 years in the past.
So what your saying is that Chicagoans at that time viewed their city as 2nd best/2nd rate compared to NYC? If what your saying is true, then that seems to me like an issue of inferiority complex.
So what your saying is that Chicagoans at that time viewed their city as 2nd best/2nd rate compared to NYC? If what your saying is true, then that seems to me like an issue of inferiority complex.
What? LOL...jfc. The guy who wrote that book was a New Yorker who worked for...the New Yorker. He's the one who really put the current connotation out there. It has nothing to do with how people in Chicago may or may not feel. If you actually read anything about anything, you would have known that. Even in my quote I put that the author worked for the New Yorker. Nice job trying to spin it though.
There's nothing positive about ghetto culture, unless you're into thingsc like poverty, ignorance, butchering the English language, out-of-wedlock births, dope or senseless violence.
What? LOL...jfc. The guy who wrote that book was a New Yorker who worked for...the New Yorker. He's the one who really put the current connotation out there. It has nothing to do with how people in Chicago may or may not feel. If you actually read anything about anything, you would have known that. Even in my quote I put that the author worked for the New Yorker. Nice job trying to spin it though.
Yeah but that still doesn't explain how the Chicago natives felt about that title given to them. Do you have any other information that talks about that viewpoint? By the way no need for insults, it's just harmless speculation.
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