Here is why CHICAGO may be the best city in America... pictures included

[TheTruth11]

[QUOTE=ThePhantomCreep]Chicago is a great city, but why sell it as a great beach town?

As you can see from the all the posts made by Chicagoans, it is not being sold as anything other than what it is -- an Alpha city with the best skyline and with all the hustle and bustle of super large city... but with the added touch of beach living. Boating, beach volleyball, hoops, jogging, hanging out with friends at the beach, mingling, socializing and relaxing at the beach are a part of the day to day life of Chicagoans. To simply post pictures of the skyline, great restaurants, shopping, and night clubs without mentioning the lakefront lifestyle that we enjoy is not giving a complete picture of our city life. Hitting the beach is a part of the culture of being a Chicagoan.

The fact that Chicago offers beach living at the size it is... with the skyline that it has... is rare. There is almost no other city in the world that offers that. Miami is close but it is too small and it does not have the economy or skyline that we have. Dubai (a manufactured city) is another one that comes to mind. That's it.

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[TheTruth11]

And you can see girls in bikinis at Central Park too.

Also after he practiced with Central Park, Olmstead went to create his masterpiece, Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

Yes, maybe, but it is not the norm in Central Park. And the girl may be looking at getting arrested.

As for those other areas you are talking about, again, the beaches are not built into the downtown area. That is the difference. In Chicago you can be doing business downtown, walk out of a Fortune 500 company in suit and tie and be steps away from the beach. You can't do that in New York.

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[TheTruth11]

Hey KevinNYC ... check this out. You never see Chicago rip off New York. But for some reason New York likes to rip off Chicago. Since you brought up a comparison of cities, that must tell you something about which city is greater. When New York films New York/Gotham City for Batman, they don't film their own city... they film Chicago.


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[ALBballer]

I'll give you a few good reason why it isn't"

1) Weather
2) Crime, yes i know its more concentrated in the South
3) It offers nothing over NYC.

Chicago is basically a colder, smaller albeit cleaner and more affordable version of NYC.

The debate between the best cities in America is between NYC, LA and San Fran. Maybe Miami due to the beaches.

Chicago is a like a distant 4th or 5th but it is by far one of the only places worth visiting in the Midwest.

[TheTruth11]

[TheTruth11]

I'll give you a few good reason why it isn't"

1) Weather
2) Crime, yes i know its more concentrated in the South
3) It offers nothing over NYC.

Chicago is basically a colder, smaller albeit cleaner and more affordable version of NYC.

The debate between the best cities in America is between NYC, LA and San Fran. Maybe Miami due to the beaches.

Chicago is a like a distant 4th or 5th but it is by far one of the only places worth visiting in the Midwest.

Reasonable post although I disagree.

- New York - statistically rains more than Seattle. Rains all the time in New York. Dark and dreary plus it is overcrowded, trashy and rat infested.

- LA - too fake plus you have earthquakes and mud slides to worry about

- San Fran - I actually really enjoy this place although there are too many gays and it is smack in the middle of earthquake city. Also you will be surprised but it gets super cold there. Something about the cold in SF that goes right to the bones.

- Miami - too small and too damn humid

- In Chicago, first, crime is generally in 2 or 3 neighborhoods that are easy to avoid. Secondly, Chicago has a good mix of super crowded areas and areas where you can breathe. It also has the most parks out of any city in the US. Thirdly, some winters are mild while others can be cold. This last one was a beast. Just depends. But on average if you can put up with a little cold for no more than 1 to 2 months out of the year, you are golden. The other winter months are no biggie - just throw on an overcoat and you are good to go. And then summer hits and lookout! Best summer city in America by far.


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[andgar923]

Reasonable post although I disagree.

- New York - statistically rains more than Seattle. Rains all the time in New York. Dark and dreary plus it is overcrowded, trashy and rat infested.

- LA - too fake plus you have earthquakes and mud slides to worry about

- San Fran - I actually really enjoy this place although there are too many gays and it is smack in the middle of earthquake city. Also you will be surprised but it gets super cold there. Something about the cold in SF that goes right to the bones.

- Miami - too small and too damn humid

- In Chicago, first, crime is generally in 2 or 3 neighborhoods that are easy to avoid. Secondly, Chicago has a good mix of super crowded areas and areas where you can breathe. It also has the most parks out of any city in the US. Thirdly, some winters are mild while others can be cold. This last one was a beast. Just depends. But on average if you can put up with a little cold for no more than 1 to 2 months out of the year, you are golden. The other winter months are no biggie - just throw on an overcoat and you are good to go. And then summer hits and lookout! Best summer city in America by far.


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Earthquakes? Mudslides?

Earthquakes worth waking up are extremely rare, mudslides? WTF this aint Guatemala or some shit.

I'd rather deal with a once in a decade earthquake than a killer ice storm that happens for entire months every year.

Oh.. and REAL beaches we're legendary for our beaches.

Venice, Redondo, Huntington, Malibu, Santa Monica, Manhattan, Hermosa etc.etc.etc.

[rufuspaul]

Do you read WND?

Also googling Richard Burr, he told Nation Journal last month, he was running again.

That's 2016 election, which means Michelle would have to move out of the White House to establish residency in North Carolina with her husband still in DC? Does she take the kids? Seems a little far fetched

If you google "michelle obama senate", you see a lot of articles about her running for the Senate

In California
In 2018.

However, a lot of this is from a magazine that just started this month and it sounds like a good way to get a lot of publicity.

Burr isn't running. All you need to establish residency in NC is property. Obama will still be in office yes, for 2 whole months.

[Jailblazers7]

Hey KevinNYC ... check this out. You never see Chicago rip off New York. But for some reason New York likes to rip off Chicago. Since you brought up a comparison of cities, that must tell you something about which city is greater. When New York films New York/Gotham City for Batman, they don't film their own city... they film Chicago.


http://www.today.com/id/25774413/ns/...y#.VFMW407D9jo

Part of TDKR was filmed in Pittsburgh so Pittsburgh > NYC. Oh and a scene in the move Love and Other Drugs with Jake G and Anne Hathaway that was supposed to be set in Chicago was actually filmed in...you guessed it, Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh > Chicago & NYC

[KevinNYC]

Burr isn't running. All you need to establish residency in NC is property. Obama will still be in office yes, for 2 whole months.

That's when the official job begins. She would have to run the campaign throughout 2016 while still in the White House and I don't see that happening.

[KevinNYC]

New York is not grey and dreary at all, unless you are comparing it to Phoenix and not Chicago. And New York has more clear days and more percentage of sun than Chicago. New York has 23 days more clear days than Chicago

New York has more rain than Seattle, but Seattle has more rainy days. Seattle can have weeks where every day you can a little bit of rain. New York has torrential downpours in the summer where it gets it rain out of the way quick. A town in Long Island got 13 inches in half a day earlier this year.

[rufuspaul]

That's when the official job begins. She would have to run the campaign throughout 2016 while still in the White House and I don't see that happening.

I hope you're right. She and Kay Hagan together in the Senate would make me want to go join ISIS.

[Bigsmoke]

San Francisco girls are ugly

[Bigsmoke]

New York is not grey and dreary at all, unless you are comparing it to Phoenix and not Chicago. And New York has more clear days and more percentage of sun than Chicago. New York has 23 days more clear days than Chicago

New York has more rain than Seattle, but Seattle has more rainy days. Seattle can have weeks where every day you can a little bit of rain. New York has torrential downpours in the summer where it gets it rain out of the way quick. A town in Long Island got 13 inches in half a day earlier this year.

A city that rains as much as NYC does and snows 27 inches a year isn't a good look weather wise.


Notice that the other cities that rains a lot don't get a lot snow outside Cleveland and Buffalo New York

[NBAplayoffs2001]

NYC wins hands down.