What I LOVE About Chicago (Cedar Point: apartment, bars, beaches)

[southsidehitman]

Originally Posted by Avengerfire

I did not attend a Big Ten, but your mom sure has attended to my big Ten.

...and very nicely at that if I may say so myself.

hha thats hilarious

[edsg25]

I must admit that this is my first visit to this thread and while I know that HCC also came generated a "hate Chicago" thread, I'm not sure why there is so much animosity here towards him.

I say that in the sense that I have never felt threatened by anyone who who sees New York as the end-all-to-be-all of cities and views Chicago in its shaddow. Instead, I just laugh off such thinking for the absurdity and ridiculous hubris it is.

I'm secure being a Chicagoan. I love the place. To me (and strictly my opinion), no city in America can stand up to its ability to offer pure urban pleasure in an inviting and manageable setting.

The Chicago of 2009 is not an American city that is part of some absurd hierachial system that puts New York on top with everything else far below. That old cover of the New Yorker is long gone into the dustbin of history. Chicago is anything but an American city when it plays on a stage with Tokyo, Rio, and Madrid in its efforts to win the 2016 Olympics....and being the odds-on-favorite to do so. HCC's comments don't offend me because he may suggest that Chicago takes a back seat to New York because personally I don't think Chicago takes a back seat to any city on the planet.

[Drover]

First of all, we've dealt with this guy before, just under different screen names.

Second, it ain't what he says so much as the way he says it and his pathological need to keep saying it over and over and over. I will never understand people who take something they hate and make it the central focus of their life when there's no practical reason to do so except to be a prick.

[Chicago60614]

It really had nothing to do with the subject, it was all the aura that was put out and the handling of the initial comments from people.

[Chicago60614]

Originally Posted by Drover

Sure but I can't do Cesar's any more. I had six of their 'ritas back in March or so. I'm still not entirely sure how I got home or what happened to my phone. At any rate, I went back there last month and it was all I could do to finish one, all the while my body saying "aw crap, don't feed me any more of this stuff please."

6 of them? I hope they weren't the mega. I can do two of those and at that point i have a perm smile on my face and skip through the rest of my evening. The little test tube of gasoline "tequila" they give you at the end doesn't help anything.

[Drover]

Yep, it was megas. And I was mega-toasty that night. Got an earful from the missus the next morning, let me tell you.

[IllNoize]

Originally Posted by CarolinaBredChicagoan

Likes:

Shoulder checks.
Sports bars.
Ill-conceived cross-orientation dating.
Thuggishness.
Beer.
Daley.

And, for those of you playing along at home... Ditka.

Seen enough, HCC? Do us a favor and jog on.

CarolinaBredChicagoan likes "Daley" eeek! That's what I don't like about Chicago.

[ajolotl]

Well, you probably don't like the same things I do, so it's sort of silly to present a list of "objectively" good things about Chicago. There is no such list. Since you asked, though, I imagined myself moving and the following are the first ten or so things that i had nostalgia over:

The Hopleaf in Andersonville
Midnight coffee and dessert at Fox and Obel in River East
Picnics in the Lincoln Park Zoo with the kids
63rd Street beach on a hot July day
The CSO
Cook outs on the beach at the South Shore Cultural
Season tickets at The Lyric Opera
The Joffrey Ballet
Drive across the river at night on LSD
afternoon organ concerts at Rockerfeller Chapel in Hyde Park
Evening walks through the winding streets of Beverly
Cupcakes with the kids at sweet mandy bs in Lincoln Park
Taking the L to Wrigley Field
Running along the lake
Exploring neighborhoods, particularly on the south side
Bixler Playout in Hyde Park -- meet someone interesting every time I go while kids play
Doc films in Hyde Park
Sampling a new great restaurant every month
Spending a summer day in Evanston

[aragx6]

This is a mess of a thread -- I can't delete it all. Keep it civil with one another (and each other's mothers), don't talk about banned members and try to vaguely hover around the topic at hand mmkay?

[Milwaukee City]

I love the fact that Chicago has so many unique neighborhoods, a lot of polish people, nightlife, architecture, layout of the city, nice high speeds on the freeway, The L, Da Bears, Da White Sox, The vibe of the whole city, the fact it's only a hour train ride from Milwaukee and who can forget the nice skyline of Chicago easily the 2nd best skyline in the US.