To those born and/or living on the coasts, do you perceive Chicago to be "unsophisticated"?

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Anonymous wrote:I know a guy in medicine who turned down a job offer in Chicago with an eye-popping bump in comp to remain in Boston. He said Chicago felt isolated. Very Midwest. Very cliquish and full of Big Ten state school alums. Accent is also nails on a chalkboard.

I guy from Boston said this about the Chicago accent? You're kidding, right? Boston? Bahh-stin?

He is not from Boston, he works in Boston. Boston is a full of transplants from all over, Chicago is full of Midwest hicks.

Hmm. I went to school in Boston and it is full of grown men wearing backwards baseball caps and sports jerseys. Just really unappealing.

Sounds “sophisticated.” Lol.

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Anonymous wrote:I think of it as cold, windy and where the midwest goes to party. I have no desire to go there for any reason. Why would I when there are cities on both coasts that are way more fun.

YOu know, they have summer and everything in-between. Very hot summers and some of the greatest beaches in the country right in the heart of the city. It's like the 15th windiest city and didn't even get the name, Windy City because of the wind.

Greatest beaches in the country, jajajajajajaja

Obviously, you've never been to a Lake Michigan beach, or Chicago's, Oak Street beach.

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Anonymous wrote:the thing about chicago is it's not near anywhere else most people would ever want to go. NYC/ Boston/ DC are near each other and new england, plus closer to europe. Cali has the whole 'west' scene. where do you go for a road trip from chicago? wisconsin? indiana? It feels sort of isolated from other good options. which is a different but unrelated issue from being unsophisticated.

“closer to europe” has to be one of the dumber things i’ve read on DCUM and that is saying something. the flight time from JFK to Paris is about 7 and a half hours. O’Hare to Paris is 8 hours. Those 30 minutes must be quite meaningful to you

But, but the Midwest is closer to Hawaii.

When I lived in Illinois, I flew non-stop to Hawaii several times. I't about an 8 hour flight. A little longer westbound sometimes, and little faster eastbound. I don't think they have any non-stops from the east coast.

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Anonymous wrote:I think of it as cold, windy and where the midwest goes to party. I have no desire to go there for any reason. Why would I when there are cities on both coasts that are way more fun.

YOu know, they have summer and everything in-between. Very hot summers and some of the greatest beaches in the country right in the heart of the city. It's like the 15th windiest city and didn't even get the name, Windy City because of the wind.

Greatest beaches in the country, jajajajajajaja

Obviously, you've never been to a Lake Michigan beach, or Chicago's, Oak Street beach.

Hilarious really, I got it.

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Anonymous wrote:I think of it as cold, windy and where the midwest goes to party. I have no desire to go there for any reason. Why would I when there are cities on both coasts that are way more fun.

YOu know, they have summer and everything in-between. Very hot summers and some of the greatest beaches in the country right in the heart of the city. It's like the 15th windiest city and didn't even get the name, Windy City because of the wind.

Greatest beaches in the country, jajajajajajaja

Obviously, you've never been to a Lake Michigan beach, or Chicago's, Oak Street beach.

Hilarious really, I got it.

So admit it, you've never been.

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Anonymous wrote:A work colleague based in Manhattan on zoom earlier today called it a gorgeous city "but unfortunately, it's rather unsophisticated." Others on the zoom nodded and chuckled in agreement, including people from Chicago who now live elsewhere.

That's just how people from Manhattan see the rest of the world. Don't take it personally.

I have been to Manhattan many times, and there are plenty of unsophisticated aspects of it. At least in Chicago, they don’t throw plastic bags full of trash on the sidewalk that smell up the entire city.

https://nypost.com/2024/07/26/us-news/its-the-nycs-stinkiest-summer-in-years-with-complaints-soaring-and-heres-why/

NYC is dirty to a disgusting degree. How on earth is that sophisticated??

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Anonymous wrote:I know a guy in medicine who turned down a job offer in Chicago with an eye-popping bump in comp to remain in Boston. He said Chicago felt isolated. Very Midwest. Very cliquish and full of Big Ten state school alums. Accent is also nails on a chalkboard.

I guy from Boston said this about the Chicago accent? You're kidding, right? Boston? Bahh-stin?

He is not from Boston, he works in Boston. Boston is a full of transplants from all over, Chicago is full of Midwest hicks.

Hmm. I went to school in Boston and it is full of grown men wearing backwards baseball caps and sports jerseys. Just really unappealing.

Sounds “sophisticated.” Lol.

That's my point! People are deluded if they're arguing Boston is more sophisticated than Chicago.

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Because Chicago is full of Big Ten graduates, the horrific aspect of being surrounded by those who attended state universities put Chicago beyond the pale for some posters.

lol

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Anonymous wrote:A work colleague based in Manhattan on zoom earlier today called it a gorgeous city "but unfortunately, it's rather unsophisticated." Others on the zoom nodded and chuckled in agreement, including people from Chicago who now live elsewhere.

That's just how people from Manhattan see the rest of the world. Don't take it personally.

I have been to Manhattan many times, and there are plenty of unsophisticated aspects of it. At least in Chicago, they don’t throw plastic bags full of trash on the sidewalk that smell up the entire city.

https://nypost.com/2024/07/26/us-news/its-the-nycs-stinkiest-summer-in-years-with-complaints-soaring-and-heres-why/

NYC is dirty to a disgusting degree. How on earth is that sophisticated??

Chicago is full of litter, especially the public Lake Michigan beaches a few PPs are trying to highlight. And yesterday an off-duty cop was murdered in Chicago at a gas station. Chicago is lawless.

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I’m from the east coast (Fairfield county) and I’ve lived in chicago for 6 years. I cried moving here but I’m never leaving now. Why? Because it’s such a livable city. The economy is good and housing is so cheap in comparison to where I’m from. People tend to have more kids here because they can. I’ll take my 400k HHI with mg 550k 5 bedroom home any day. Plus the public schools are decent here! Even if I’m around mostly ppl who grew up in unsophisticated Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin lol.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m from the east coast (Fairfield county) and I’ve lived in chicago for 6 years. I cried moving here but I’m never leaving now. Why? Because it’s such a livable city. The economy is good and housing is so cheap in comparison to where I’m from. People tend to have more kids here because they can. I’ll take my 400k HHI with mg 550k 5 bedroom home any day. Plus the public schools are decent here! Even if I’m around mostly ppl who grew up in unsophisticated Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin lol.

Yeah, Chicago is great.

But people in Chicago get really bent out of shape about whether everyone else also feels it. Take your HHI and your nice neighborhood and be happy (not you, you sound like you're doing it) and stop worrying about what people in Boston and NYC think of you.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m from the east coast (Fairfield county) and I’ve lived in chicago for 6 years. I cried moving here but I’m never leaving now. Why? Because it’s such a livable city. The economy is good and housing is so cheap in comparison to where I’m from. People tend to have more kids here because they can. I’ll take my 400k HHI with mg 550k 5 bedroom home any day. Plus the public schools are decent here! Even if I’m around mostly ppl who grew up in unsophisticated Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin lol.

Yeah, Chicago is great.

But people in Chicago get really bent out of shape about whether everyone else also feels it. Take your HHI and your nice neighborhood and be happy (not you, you sound like you're doing it) and stop worrying about what people in Boston and NYC think of you.

I live in the Chicago area with high HHI and the lower COL and it’s fine, like most other ok to well off suburbs in the country. It’s cheap to live here because most people here don’t make as much and let’s be real, most people wouldn’t want to live here. Even people FROM here question why I moved here and many people insist on knowing my connection to Illinois (family? Grew up here?), because people don’t just move to Chicago, according to the locals.

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Anonymous wrote:A work colleague based in Manhattan on zoom earlier today called it a gorgeous city "but unfortunately, it's rather unsophisticated." Others on the zoom nodded and chuckled in agreement, including people from Chicago who now live elsewhere.

Beautiful place especially in summer. So much to do too. People are Midwestern friendly.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. It's in the midwest. It's land locked. I would never be able to live there.

You must have missed the 23,000 square mile lake it sits on. Wow, I can’t believe how stupid some on these comments are.

I grew up in Chicago and we spent a lot of time sailing on Lake Michigan. I've sailed across the lake numerous times from Chicago to various parts of Michigan and back. Most people don't know that it takes 10 - 14 hours to sail across the lake, and for the majority of that time you don't see land at all.

People who have never seen the Great Lakes have no idea just how Great they are!

Land locked - LOL.

When I lived in Chicago one of my favorite things was watching the shock and awe when visitors saw the shore.

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I was born and live in Chicago. I'm happy here. Lots of great places to live all over the world. Be happy where you are!