What is so great about Chicago?

[happy fun ball]

I'm in Chicago once or twice a year, and I always have the same problem. I'll be walking down the street and will naturally glance at an attractive woman as she passes by. Every single time, they smile at you. That never happens in NY (nor did it happen for the last 10 years in SF). I of course assume that she wants to have sex with me, as that is what it would mean if it happened in NY or SF, which it never does. Always turns out she's just a polite midwestern girl, being all normal and ****. It's confusing.

 

[irishtexan]

I moved to Chicago from Austin about 5 years ago. This is the only CITY in America I would live in outside of Austin.

Most of the great things about this place have already been said.

To the poster who HATES Chicago, I have no idea what city you're talking about. Unless you're going from one end of the city to the other, cab rides are never more than $15, and usually about 6 to 8 bucks to hop from neighborhood to neighborhood.

The women, while not as attractive as those in Austin, are generally friendlier, more easy going, quicker to put out, and liker better music.

Speaking of, I know Austin likes to pride itself as the "Live Music Capitol of the World," but it ain't got **** on Chicago. EVERYONE comes through Chicago, and unlike Austin, our (multiple) versions of Liberty Lunch don't get shut down to make way for computer company offices.

There are an ungodly amount of good restaurants (except BBQ and Mexican) on all ends of the spectrum. If you like sausages, you have to go to Hot Dougs - Chicago's gourmet hot dog shack. I went for lunch today and had these two specialty sausages:

The Mountain Man (a damn tasty combination of elk, venison, buffalo and antelope) with Blackberry Butter and Jurassic D'Ete Cheese

Spicy Jerk Pork Sausage with Caribbean Dijonnaise and Havarti-Dill Cheese

They were delicious.

Wrigley is the nicest place in the world to be on a summer weekday, playing hookey from work with an old syle and a brat. sure, cubs fans are generally fair-weathered douche bags. But I ******* dare you to go there and not enjoy your experience in that historical stadium.

The museums here are second only to NYC, and not by much. The art culture here is palpable. You can see it and feel it everywhere.

The people are almost as nice as Texans, but without the urban-cowboy machismo that often comes with people in texas that are all hat and no cattle.

Chicago is a wonderful place, and I have no intention of moving anytime soon. If any hornfan folks come through, gimme a holler and I'll buy you a PBR and talk Chicago with you.

 

[NBMisha]

Married a Chicago girl. Midwestern exotic. I'll always love Chicago for that.

Visited up there most summers while the in-laws were still around. Might do a condo there just for the summers. f the haters.

 

[zork]

BTW, if you have to have mexican there is a great place a block west of the Belmont L stop. "Aqui mi Tierra" is the place, south side of the street too btw.

Good 'Rita's, great homemade chips, good homemade salsa(good spicy bite), and Excellent homemade guac!

The Enchiladas suizas are nice too. It was a bi-weekly staple of mine and a couple other UT dudes who moved up there when we were 21 to be runners on the BOT. Good times! August is the perfect time of year too. It is like two seasons if you are there in the beginning and at the end.

It is like October/November in Austin. The warm days and still warm nights in early August turn to still warm but brisker early evenings and nights. I know, you are saying August?!? Believe me, the weather changes much earlier up there.

November to early May is brutal cold though. Also the one month elbow on either end of that is cold and wet. <brrr>

Great food and anything you would want to do though.

 

[CleverNickname]

You want to know what sucks about Chicago? Kenny Williams had it all figured out, and then let freaking Detroit get loaded. Garland & McCarthy get traded - fine - but if we aren't going to pay for A+ pitching we at least need a stocked farm system. The system is ranked something like 30 out of 31. Pathetic. If a team is going to make its name as a group of grinders, than you better hit for average and steal a few bases. Pods, god love him, isn't going to get the spring back in his step. And he never really hit like a leadoff should. Thome and Konerko can hit, but lets face it, they are on the downswing. Pierzynski is a decent C, but like everyone else he peaked a couple years ago. I actually like how much everyone dislikes him. He can stay. In 2005 we had lighting in a bottle, but you can't depend on pitching like that. Cabrera I like, although I should say anything bad about Uribe in case he decides to kill me. Jurassic is not a star, MVP notwithstanding. Frank needs to retire as a southsider, or I'll cry. Meanwhile the tribe is getting it together and Minny is loading up the prospects for 3 years from now. Where will we be in 3 years? Detroit has the next two seasons sealed up. Its nearly impossible to win the wild card with the way Boston and NY spend money. So you have to be top dog in the central. By the time the tigers get old, Minny & and Cleveland are going to surging. We could be aiming for a 2009 season, except that Kenny has mortgaged the future on a bunch of bad backs and sluggers past their prime. We need some freakin production out of the outfield outside of Jurassic, and the left half of the inflield has been pathetic. Defense, which was amazing when Crede was healthy and our CF had range (B.A. is not a gold glove, at least not Rowand-caliber), stinks. Pods can barely limp under a routine fly, and he has always thrown like a girl. Our lineup is basically 3 DH's: Konerko, Thome and Dye, and then at least 4 guaranteed outs. I have no problem with the pitching theory: get 5-6 workhorses than can throw in 30 games, with ERAs right around 4, and hope that hitting consistent manufactured runs means winning lots of games 6 to 4. That can work. It was worked. But the bats are rusty, Jenks is fat, and we don't have a single effing prospect to be excited about. Not a single prospect! We just won a WS, the turnstiles are clicking, invest in some g-damn talent!

Sincerely,
CN, born 104th & S. Talman

 

[DAGMAR]

I have never paid more than $5 for a beer here other than at the bar on top of the Hancock. I dont know what bars you are going to Bolivian Bulldog