Chicago is better than the city you live in.

[Radical Activist]

Chicago does it bigger and better than your town and if you disagree, Chicago will come to kick your asses. New York City and LA can sink into the ocean! Prove me wrong.

[Benfea]

1. If we can toss Bridgeport into da Lake, I would agree with you. -NT

[Radical Activist]

4. ya well...maybe bridgeport don't count

[Benfea]

21. Bridgeport is holding us back. We should burn it down or something.

Fucking racist assholes.

Pardon my French.

[Radical Activist]

28. Maybe half of cicero too

Get rid of the racists and mobsters there.

[Benfea]

31. We should start a list then. ;) -nt

[momophile]

72. Bridgeport is teeming with history and some of the oldest...

buildings in the area. It was the topic of a project in grad school. So please don't throw it in the lake (plus, imagine how it would pollute the lake).:hi:

[Benfea]

87. I'm willing to throw the baby out with the bathwater in this case. -NT

[Blue-Jay]

2. Chicago is the Chuck Norris of cities.

We will roundhouse you into a different time zone.

[Radical Activist]

3. damn right!

Da Norris!

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. Pahrump, Nevada is better

than the city I live in.

At least they've got casinos and cathouses.

[Radical Activist]

8. You must not live in Chicago

I feel sorry for you.

[mdmc]

9. yo! I've been there! I used to work in Primm

:kick:

[mdmc]

6. Newburgh, fool

WHAT!

[Radical Activist]

11. who? what?

never heard of newburgh. It probably pales in comparison to the more uninteresting Chicago neighborhoods and high crime areas. Can you get Ethiopian food at 2am in Newburgh? I didn't think so.

[mdmc]

49. crack town, usa

50 miles north of nyc... a little city with mad, big city problems... Newburgh made it big in the 80's, when crack made it to the east coast. Crack came to Newburgh first. Twanna Brawley (Al Sharpton's downfall) got her crack here.

You can't ever get ethiopian food in the burgh... You can, however, find over a dozen open air drug markets.. H, crack, herb... there is no meth, but everything else is here.

Newburgh has an art scene that makes Chicago look like peoria. What? Holla!

[Radical Activist]

51. crack...well i guess that's something to be proud of

hehe :)

[TheMightyFavog]

7. I got two words for you. Chester Marcol.

And BTW, Majikowski was NOT over the line of Scrimmage, no matter how much your official records keep whining about the instant replay.

[miss_american_pie]

10. Do I need to send a steelworker out there

to settle this?

:hide:

[Radical Activist]

15. No. We got all the Teamsters, Stockyard workers, Plumbers,

Carpenters, Electrical workers, and other kindza union guys we need and more. We'll be happy to settle any labor dispute problems you may be having...with a crow bar. Chicago is more unionized than your town.

[miss_american_pie]

23. Only by 1 percent

I looked it up. ;)

[Radical Activist]

25. lol funny

I didn't look it up. I just figured because Chicago is very unionized and kicks ass. :)

[Blue-Jay]

12. In Chicago, I listen to live music during lunch every day.

I really do.

I'm a few blocks from the Cultural Center, so I go there for lunch and enjoy a free concert every. damn. day.

Good stuff.

Chicago kicks Boise's ass.

[Radical Activist]

17. Another great thing about a great city

:)

[Strong Atheist]

13. All cities suck! Suburbs rock! nt.

:popcorn:

[Blue-Jay]

16. Big props for The Gap!!!11

[Radical Activist]

18. Teamsters will be at your door shortly

They'll have a little "discussion" with you about suburbs.

God I hate suburbs. When I talk about how great Chicago is, about half the suburbs don't count.

[Strong Atheist]

30. Cities are too dangerous for me...

:scared:

Now, outside of Chicago, I believe to the southwest, right near Hinsdale, is a place called Westchester. In a shopping center is the Westchester Inn, THE best place to go for Bohemian food... Mmmmmm...

.... and, of course, it is in a SUBURB ...;-)

[Nikia]

133. My sister says she feels safe in Chicago

Of course, before she moved closer to the L, she encountered some flashers and harassers but no muggers, murderers, or rapists. She has a job with the airlines and walked a mile to the L at all hours of the day and night.
Of course, she said that if she had been on one of the 9/11 planes that she would have single handingly saved the plane and passengers.
As far as driving, she only drives short distances on neighborhood streets not the highway. She thinks that Chicago has good public transportation.
Stop being a wimp.
Of course, I live in a little town about two blocks from where our neighbor's sister had all her tires stolen off her car one night and people kill each other at and around bars.

[blondeatlast]

19. Until 9 PM, that is... nt

[Strong Atheist]

44. Lol!

:thumbsup:

[Spider Jerusalem]

61. Suburbs suck harder than Linda Lovelace.

Suburbs are bland, soulless, dreary, interchangeable cultural and existential voids that represent the sum total of the empty nothingness that is the essential American character. Go to any suburb anywhere in America, and you see the same thing: an endless vista of malls that all have the same stores and the same chain restaurants, subdivisions full of near-identical houses...and what's even more depressing about the suburbs is that, looking at this landscape of dull sameness, you KNOW that the PEOPLE are the same, or near enough not to make any difference...working the same sorts of jobs, watching the same television shows, driving the same cars, with the same petty ambitions that can conceive of nothing greater than a brick two-storey with heated garage. The suburbs are proof that the Borg are among us.

[Strong Atheist]

65. Oh, come on, don't be so

shy. Tell us how you REALLY feel ...:rofl:

[Radical Activist]

66. exactly

that's what i meant to say before. :)

[Benfea]

92. I think you're being more than a little unfair to Ms. Lovelace. -NT

[last_texas_dem]

14. I'm pretty sure that's true

so I'm not even going to argue!

Alright, actually I have two arguments in favor of my podunk town over Chicago: 1) Chicago is a lot easier to get lost in, and 2) Chicago gets too cold for a lot of people in the winter (though I'm sure it's nowhere near as nastily humid as southeast Texas in the summer but I'm avoiding that fact for the sake of my argument!) But, in every other way, I'm pretty sure Chicago has us beat.

[Radical Activist]

20. You are a wise man.

Chicago winters can be harsh but its still a fun city any time of year. The cold keeps you strong.

[Blue-Jay]

22. Hey! You know what else is cool about Chicago?

It's not Boston. :bounce:

[SaveElmer]

24. I love visiting Chicago...

Great food!!!

However it cannot hold a candle to the jewel of the Midwest...Minneapolis!!!

[Radical Activist]

26. Oh yeah Minneapolis

I've heard of it. That's the city a lot of the cute blonde girls escape from when they come to live in Chicago and have more fun. :)

[SaveElmer]

Is that because...

Chicago has no cute blond girls of its own...? :-)


Minneapolis...Blond girl supplier to the midwest!!!

[Radical Activist]

34. You did NOT just say that!!

lol
Yes, it has many of its own, but attractive women tend to flock here from all over.

[SaveElmer]

35. Yeah don't worry...

I'm a big fan of Chicago...not the sports teams mind you...but the city!!! Always have a blast when I visit.

[Ellen Forradalom]

27. I don't disagree

I leave for California on Sunday after 38 years. I will always be Windy City Woman at heart.

[Radical Activist]

29. That's sad.

I hope you at least like your new home!

[Benfea]

32. My deepest condolences. -NT

[Blue-Jay]

36. We'll miss you at the meet-ups, kiddo.

You gotta do what you gotta do, though.

[Ellen Forradalom]

71. Chicago hasn't lost a DUer...

SoCal has gained one.



L to R: Ellen Forradalom, ZombyWoof, nothingshocksmeanymore, Cap'n Sunshine, huskerlaw, catzies.

[greatauntoftriplets]

54. We will miss you....

Thanks Blue-Jay for posting that photo. You and BatBoy make a great team. Ellen Forradalom is your straight guy.

[AlCzervik]

33. i live near Sacramento so you're right about my city but San Francisco is

the best city in the world.

[RevolutionaryActs]

37. I don't live in a City, I live in a stupid little town

and I'm quite sure that Chicago is better. :P

[Radical Activist]

41. Too bad

You should go some time. You might even meet a guy to hook up with. Who knows.

[RevolutionaryActs]

53. A guy like....

you? :o


Pervert. :P


HEY! Did you see my thread? About having a DU husband?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4787970

[Radical Activist]

56. Well, I don't know

maybe me...maybe I'll be too busy.

DU husband huh? Are you taking applications for your "DU man on the side?" I'll sign up. ;)

[RevolutionaryActs]

59. *gasp*

Too busy for me? I'm offended. :o



Sure, you can be my man on the side. :P

[Radical Activist]

67. Oh good

I may have to make time for you then.

[RevolutionaryActs]

68. That's right.

Make time for me, beotch.

Don't make me start a thread about this! :silly:

[Benfea]

95. Did I mention we have THREE Ethiopian restaurants?

I like to use that as a metric of our culinary diversity.

Speaking of culinary, we have the highest number of restaurants per capita of any big city.

[DBoon]

97. Three?

We have more than that in a half block of LA (Fairfax at Olympic).

[Benfea]

100. I looked it up in a book.

Admittedly, that was a long time ago and things could have changed since then, but I'll still quote that number just because it's such an odd bit of trivia.

[KamaAina]

38. What if Da Bears were all only six inches high?

What would the score be then? :-)

[Cocoa]

144. Mini-Ditka!

:-)

[greatauntoftriplets]

39. No it isn't!!!!

Oh, I live in Chicago. ;)

[Blue-Jay]

40. You are one of the "chosen ones".

[Radical Activist]

42. lol

Chosen ones...funny.

[greatauntoftriplets]

43. 'Cept I am probably moving to the 'burbs....

:hide:

Though not TOO far away...

[Blue-Jay]

45. That's OK. I live in a 'burb.

I work in the Loop, though. That trumps everything else.

[greatauntoftriplets]

47. I work in a 'burb, too!!!!

Although I would drive through some of the city to get to the 'burb of residence. Does that count?

:scared:

[Blue-Jay]

50. It ALL counts!

:bounce:

[greatauntoftriplets]

52. Thank the gods....

I am having enough separation anxiety as it is... There are neighbors who think my leaving is enough to bring on the second coming. And that is so damn sweet of them.

[Blue-Jay]

55. In that case, we should have some beers tomorrow.

:D

[greatauntoftriplets]

57. Tomorrow I am interviewing 3 realtors...

the family will be here for the event (including the trips...I think to cheer me up), then I am invited to some of the said mourning neighbors in the evening.

[Cocoa]

143. frozen chosen

Chicago's cold. :scared:

[demnan]

46. You are strengthed by the icy cold of the wind off your lake

you figure the rest of the country are wimps cause we don't have your weather. :P

[Radical Activist]

48. Exactly!

You are very wise. :)

[no name no slogan]

62. Chicago is were we send wussies

so they can get ready for a REAL muthafuckin winter-- Minnesota style.

-60° windchill, bitches! Chicago ain't got SHIT on Minneapolis!

[Benfea]

80. Uhm, actually...

…the lake doesn't make things colder. During the winter, locations nearer the lake are warmer than other parts of Chicago. During the summer, locations nearer the lake are cooler than the rest of Chicago. The cold comes from the Jet Stream dipping down from Canada. The lake, if anything, makes the cold bearable.

[greatauntoftriplets]

94. Very true...

I live four blocks from the lake. It is heaven sometimes when I get home from work in Skokie and it is 90 out there and 75 here. :D

[dysfunctional press]

117. actually, the wind doesn't usually come off the lake-

the lake is to the east, most of the prevailing weather patterns come from the west.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

58. My favorite town for sure.

But then again, I fell in love in Chicago many times as a teenager. Winter, spring, summer, fall. Fabulous town to be in love in and with.

[no name no slogan]

60. Chicago eats ass

whatta giant shithole.

:hide:

[Radical Activist]

63. I think you meant to say "kicks ass"

yeah...that's it...KICKS

[no name no slogan]

69. Actually, I meant "eats the corn out of my turds"

:popcorn:

[swag]

64. Great.

[Blue-Jay]

70. Nearly better than kudzu, m'man.

[Jade Fox]

73. Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright.....

great music, working class-ethic......

I would love to visit Chicago again.

[momophile]

74. Your mayor sucks ass.

Several examples: arresting all those poor protesters when the war broke out; bulldozing Meigs Field in the middle of the night; allowing Soldiers Field to be ruined.:hi:

[Benfea]

84. The mayor is an ass. His father was an ass.

Hell, all the recent mayors except Harold Washington have been grade A asses. Then again, you have to be an ass to sit atop a pyramid of corruption like that.

Politics is easily the second worst feature of Chicago (the worst being Bridgeport, of course).

PS — Da Mayor is from Bridgeport. >.<

[momophile]

96. yeah, I know...

my Bridgeport project didn't cover his side of Bridgeport - just the north part.

[DBoon]

98. Villaraigosa rocks!

The best big city mayor is here in LA!

[AngryAmish]

129. Soldiers Field came pre-ruined

it really sucked going to a game there before the rehab. It is wonderful inside there now.

[momophile]

75. Those winters suck.

Rather be in Colorado for winter any day.:hi:

[greatauntoftriplets]

77. We're in a blue state.

:evilgrin:

[momophile]

78. Totally true, but don't try to change the point

those winters do suck.

:hi: :hi:

[greatauntoftriplets]

83. We've barely had snow this winter...

and temperatures above normal.

And then there is Lake Michigan on a summer day. :)



:hi:

[momophile]

88. with all its wonderful stickiness...

BTW, I love Chicago and miss parts of it (architecture, art, public transport, restaurants) but I will never live there again because of those winters and sticky summers (spring and fall are wonderful).

[Benfea]

85. Wuss. -NT

[momophile]

91. I can live with that...

but I can't live in the cold again! I did northern WI as a kid and Chicago for grad school - never again!:hi:

[Benfea]

99. Be careful.

If you get any wussier, you're liable to become a chickenhawk conservative. ("Boohoo! They compared us to Nazis! No fair! No fair! Wah! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!")

[momophile]

76. Crappy drivers.

And I thought Colorado drivers were bad. Chicago drivers are dangerous.:hi:

[Ellen Forradalom]

79. Well, if you weren't driving 50 MPH in the right lane

I wouldn't have clipped your bumper.

[momophile]

82. you mean taken out my parked car's mirror

:hi:

[Benfea]

86. They're assholes but...

…you'll get the same thing with drivers in any city above a certain size.

[xmas74]

89. I'm originally from WI.

We call the drivers FISH for a reason!

[Radical Activist]

122. They know how to get places.

Its now frustrating for me to come to other cities where drivers are apparently too busy picking their nose to MOVE in traffic or do bizarre things like turn left on a yellow light like you're supposed to do.

[xmas74]

81. Agreed.

I grew up just north of Chicago. Everything is better there.

[Benfea]

90. Northside rules.

It's the most racially mixed part of the city, and hence, the best part of the city.

[xmas74]

93. Actually, I'm from over the border

(WI). But I grew up w/ constant trips to Northside.

Bets the hell out of KC!

[nickinSTL]

101. heh...well, can't really argue...

of course, I've only been there a couple times...

Always been a Bears and Cubs fan, though. :evilgrin:

[Benfea]

105. Cubs fan? Masochist!

I remember Bucs fans from back when they were in the middle of a decades-long losing streak, and Bucs fans probably hated the Bucs more than anyone else. :D They mostly just showed up to games so they could drink a lot, then they went home to watch the news and see what the score was.

[nickinSTL]

115. hey...the Cubs do ok...occasionally...

and...someday, they'll win the WS.

Not that I'm holding my breath or anything. :evilgrin:

[riderinthestorm]

102. Hey, HEY! We got da BEAN now. So go suck rocks. nt.

[Benfea]

106. No, no, no! It's called "Cloudgate"...

…aw, who'm I kidding? It's The Bean, dammit!

[WildEyedLiberal]

103. RA! Nooooooo!

Us downstaters have to stick together! Don't give in to the evil Chicago lure!

Edit: your profile! SOB! Have you moved? I thought you were one of us :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Benfea]

107. Oh. You're from the provinces.

Harrumph.

[Radical Activist]

121. Currently

I'm splitting my time. I've lived in Chicago for long periods of time.
Ok, I still give Chicago people shit for being completely clueless about anything in Illinois south of I-80, but Chicago sure beats the hell out of living in a tiny farm town.

[barb162]

104. Chicago's da best!

[madrchsod]

108. where else can you have

just about every city,county -jailbreak!-and state official under investigation or on trial! actually there is nothing like it the world when you ride up the lsd on lsd. i love chicago- it`s the greatest city in america...

[napsi]

109. Nobody does it better or greener than

Aspen, Colorado. Dining, entertaiment, outdoors and "green" people. You can have Chicago........

[Radical Activist]

123. Aspen: Where the beer flows like wine

the yuppie paradise.

[datsafact]

110. What do you say to a "smart" Chicagoan?

Welcome South, brother.

[Rabrrrrrr]

111. No, Chicago does it more amateur-like and tacky than any other city,

in a very faux-culture way, except Branson or any city in the Confederacy.

[dysfunctional press]

118. for example-

???

[Blue-Jay]

136. Good lord, you're fulla shit.

[sakabatou]

112. Well duh

Anyone can do it bigger than Palo Alto.

[leftofthedial]

113. what can I say

you're right

[ZombieNixon]

114. So Chicago is better than Chicago?

Ya wanna reason that one out for me? Huh?! :P

[kwassa]

116. My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard

and they're like,
its better than yours,
damn right its better than yours,
i can teach you,
but i have to charge

[mwooldri]

119. Sorry, gotta stick up for London. (UK)

The buses are bigger, the tube delays are longer, the rivers got more life in it than downtown, the best TV in the world comes from there, the government system works better, and hey - is 21 the age you need to be to drink? How quaint.

Mark.

[XNASA]

120. I was driving down LSD last night, thinking the same thing.

That's Lake Shore Drive for you out of towners.

[hfojvt]

124. I think you are FIBbing

:P

No city should be bigger than 500,000 people. It is just an abomination that causes desolation.

[Radical Activist]

125. No, because I never vacation in Wisconsin

where that term is used. I take my tourist money to beautiful Southern Illinois where people aren't such ungrateful bastards.

[hfojvt]

132. Southern?

What about historic Galena?

Now if only the other 3 billion FIBs could be convinced to do the same thing. Wisconsin could probably handle a few hundred thousand tourists. Beyond that it turns south Wisconsin into Chicago every weekend and most Wisconsinites do not want to live in Chicago even one weekend a month.

[maveric]

126. But I went to the beach today and wore short sleeves.

Chicago is a great and beautiful city, but I wouldnt leave San Diego for it.

[Radical Activist]

128. Seasons are a good thing

We get months where we can go to the beach in short sleeves.

[maveric]

131. We get 10 of those months here.

I've been to Chicago and love that town but I'm a stickler for nice, warm, sunny weather 10 months out of the year.

[elehhhhna]

127. It IS better (thanm Houston suburbs) in many ways. Not in others.

[misanthrope]

130. No news there...

...and no argument from this end or from the people I know who have moved to Chicago from here.

But saying that ain't saying a whole lot for Chicago.

[HEyHEY]

134. Typical American

Bigger does not equal better. Vancouver is the greatest city in the World! They do things different, and better. :P

And, we're more beautiful

[Blue-Jay]

139. Vancouver is indeed very pretty.

Then again....



Hey! I can see my office building in this one!


I eat lunch in this park when it's warm.

[Missy Vixen]

135. Okay, Chicago DU'ers.

If your city is sooooooo great, why aren't more of you standing in line to have pizza with me when I visit Chicago at the end of April? Huh? HUH? Scared of a roly-poly, short redhead from Seattle?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=150x11061

Where's the best pizza in Chicago, and will you join me for some? ;-)

Julie
wimpy girl who knows nothing about the L

[Blue-Jay]

138. There are tons of good places for pizza, Julie.

Tell ya what. Next time you're going to be in town, PM me and I'll round up the troops. We don't usually require much notice to get together for beers and good food.

[JohnnyCougar]

137. Chicago will kick your azz.

That's where tha hardest gangstas come from!

[Blue-Jay]

141. What? Like you and me and terrya?

representin'

[JohnnyCougar]

142. Word....

[XNASA]

156. You guys give me a call when you're through.

'Let me know how it went.

[Burma Jones]

140. In Chicago, well Oak Park anyway, you can walk down the street

and see numerous Frank Lloyd Wright houses still being lived in.

[Greyhound]

145. I've lived there and it's great...

if you're really into fat, ignorance, suicidal driving, hunting, inferiority complexes, blatant corruption, racism, crappy weather, nepotism, cronyism, sub-standard building codes that are not enforced, bribery...
:hide:

[Blue-Jay]

146. So, you're more into sweeping generalizations and

random douchebaggery?

[Greyhound]

148. Just my personal experience, and I never experienced anything even

remotely that bad in LA or NYC. The food is much better than LA, but not as good as NYC.

[Blue_Tires]

147. LOL at that!

maybe Mrs. O'Leary's cow should have finished the job she started?

[terrya]

149. Chicago is a great city.

I love living here.

But I can't say it's better than Toronto.

[SmileyBoy]

150. There's ONE thing my city has that Chicago doesn't:

Space Aliens Grill and Bar.

[kwassa]

151. The surfing in Chicago is lousy

and not a palm tree anywhere in sight.

[tjwash]

152. 100 out of 100 surfers agree...

...Chicago sucks. Your weather is lousy, the people are too uptight, there is not a decent Mexican food restaurant anywhere, and if you disagree, we will just laugh at you. The last people that came out here to kick our asses over it, took one look around, and never went back to wherever they came from, and are currently still here clogging up our freeways.:P

[RandomKoolzip]

153. Taqueria El Ranchito on Clark ave. has incredible Mexican food and it's

cheap, too. In fact, I could point you in the direction of about fifty great fuckin' Mexican restaurants in Chitown.

I'll grant that the winters here suck, but in every other respect, Chicago is a s close to perfect as a city can be, IMO.

[tjwash]

154. *LOL*

Sorry brah, but you chi-towners have no clue what real Mexican food is. It's not even worth debating with you, it's just a cold hard fact. And I have been to Chicago many times (matter of fact I am flying out there again on Tuesday).

What is it with New Yorkers, and Chicagoites always having to think they are the center of the freakin' universe?

[RandomKoolzip]

155. Oh, you're right.

It's not like Chicago has a large Mexican immigrant population or anything. :eyes: Consider me humbled. :rofl:

[Susang]

159. There are NO Mexicans in Chicago

All those guys that you and I have worked with for years are just figments of our diseased imagination. Pilsen does not exist. Chicago is populated only by white guys who look like John Belushi. :banghead:

- The largest Mexican populations lived in Los Angeles, Chicago,
Houston, San Antonio and Phoenix. The largest Puerto Rican
populations lived in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia. The largest
Cuban populations lived in Hialeah, Fla.; Miami; New York;
Tampa, Fla.; and Los Angeles.

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/000434.html

And we know that Californians (especially Californian surfer bums) never act superior to midwesterners. Anyway, most decent surfers know the best surfing isn't in California anyway. :popcorn:

[kwassa]

157. Can we talk about the skiing in the mountains around Chicago?

What mountains? What skiing?

Just the desolate flatlands of the midwest.

[riderinthestorm]

158. I just saw Proof and was reminded of our world class schools

And they are located right in, or virtually right in, the heart of Chicago: U of Chicago, Northwestern, Depaul, Loyola, the Art Institute, shite I can't even begin to mention them all.

PLUS our museums! It's pretty hard to match the lineup of the Field Museum, Shedd, Science and Industry etc. etc.

Chicago Symphony is one of the greatest in the world. And did I mention the Joffrey Balley? Top Broadway shows like the Producers hone their productions in Chicago knowing that the theatregoers here are some of the savviest on the planet....

I fucking love this city, man.

(sniff!)