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

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I grew up in Chicago and lived there my first 40 years. Trust me when I say, no one in Chicago cares one little bit what anyone in NY or anywhere in California thinks of them.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Chicago and lived there my first 40 years. Trust me when I say, no one in Chicago cares one little bit what anyone in NY or anywhere in California thinks of them.

Yeah they do. It’s incessant and pathetic.

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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?

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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.

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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

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Anonymous wrote:to me the one BIG observation about chicagoans is they oftentimes dont see the need to leave the US. overall. which - yes if you dont want to do that, it is sort of unsophisticated bc you lack curiosity.

This attitude is true of pretty much all of the Midwest and many rural to small town areas that aren’t near major metro areas. Provincial.

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Anonymous wrote:Born and bred East coaster here who has lived in NYC, Boston, DC and Philly. I love Chicago. To me, sophistication is having the best of everything which you can definitely have in Chicago in terms of food, museums, theater, architecture, education, airports that can get you almost anywhere direct. It’s not really a career hub for many glamor/power fields even though it’s an overall great job market and I think that dings it a bit.

Another born and bred east coaster who has lived in the same cities - hi, friend!

I don’t feel similarly about Chicago. I don’t dislike it either. I just don’t think about it. Ever. Like if I were daydreaming of somewhere to move, or thinking where to spend a weekend away, or picturing my kids moving someplace once adults, Chicago just never enters my mind. If I had to call to mind a city where I picture doing or eating or enjoying something unique, Chicago never comes to mind. To be honest only cities on the east and west coasts do.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Chicago and lived there my first 40 years. Trust me when I say, no one in Chicago cares one little bit what anyone in NY or anywhere in California thinks of them.

Yeah they do. It’s incessant and pathetic.

I’m a New Yorker who has lived near Chicago for 26 years. The subject of NY or SF never comes up except regarding sports.

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I lived in Chicago for 10 years. Unsophisticated? No. Sophisticated in the same way that Manhattan is? No. Sophisticated in the same way LA is? No. But LA isn’t sophisticated in the same way that Manhattan is. Manhattan isn’t sophisticated in the same way that LA is. The cultures are different. Chicago is sophisticated in a general sense in the same way that other large cities are. There are world-class museums, music, theater, architecture, universities, etc. Chicago is definitely not unsophisticated, lol. You shouldn’t expect the exact same culture that you will get in Manhattan or LA or wherever.

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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.

Because the Boston accent is so beautiful. Lol.

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Anonymous wrote:to me the one BIG observation about chicagoans is they oftentimes dont see the need to leave the US. overall. which - yes if you dont want to do that, it is sort of unsophisticated bc you lack curiosity.

This attitude is true of pretty much all of the Midwest and many rural to small town areas that aren’t near major metro areas. Provincial.

The so-called sophisticates on the coasts are the same way about their own country, dubbing it "fly-over" country. So provincial.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s full of obnoxious state school hicks who grew up <300 miles away and are scared to move more than a few hour drive from hometown. It’s also on the decline, so much so that Nashville is eating its lunch as a middle class weekend vacation destination. Sophisticated people flee Chicago and never go back, ex Obamas.

This is just BS. You clearly don’t know what you are talking about, so your opinion is irrelevant.

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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.

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It is a lot more sophisticated and like a “real” city than DC.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Just go away. You know nothing.