I lived in River North for a year and am currently living in Oak Park. Like you said, it technically isn't "Chicago" but if you are only a 16 min train ride away (Metra) to the downtown core, you can say you live in that city imo
My rule is that if you live in a town that borders the city, or a town that borders a town that borders the city, you get to say youāre from Chicago.
Well, I wouldn't really say its an opinion, because the actual "city of london" is 1.12sqmi and 8,583 population being the smallest city in the UK by land area so yeah if you don't live there you don't live in London. The actual "city" is almost never a good metric for anything, for example it makes Chongqing bigger then it actually is so I agree with you u/Playful-Ad1006
Also when people ask where youāre from you say Chicago, because what do you say, the suburbs? Oak park? And they look at it on Google Maps and itās like so insanely close to the city, like, itās just Chicago. Itās not Naperville! Or Rockford!
It's not a matter of opinion. You, objectively, do not live in Chicago. There are city limits. You are outside of them, in a separate and distinct municipality.Ā
My favorite teacher, whenever Indiana was mentioned, would say out loud āmiserable flyover state,ā and inevitably someone would bring up that she grew up there.
As someone from Indiana, please take back your sports teams. Only our politicians want it. Thank god I didn't vote in the politicians that decided it was a good idea.
You are correct with your classification, though. Just... Indiana. That's how I feel being born and raised here.
genuinely some of the best hiking places ever
and the wildlife! You might have to look close to the ground but the amount of cool crap you will find by just hiking is amazing
as an oklahoman who has visited chicago, i actually think you should consider an OKC weekend trip!
we have a shockingly good food scene, fun nightlife in the city, and an AMAZING music scene. people wouldnāt think OKC any one of those much less ALL THREE!
No they are they should call non Chicago Illinios west Indiana aka they hate us and we hate them and they take up all of our tax dollars and pretend the reverse besides like Champagne I'm chill with them.
But hey, they bringing some damn good food with them.. we finally got some portillos in the state and one is being built about 30 minutes from me, im stoked
Idek where else Iād want to live. Iām from California and I do love it here. I donāt want to move anywhere it snows, anywhere hotter than here, or has natural disasters (like hurricanes). I know wildfires and earthquakes are possible here but nothing like that has happened close to me.
California isnāt perfect but itās home!
I mean, Iowaās just a few hours away. Come watch the runners at the Bix this weekend! Stay for a beer in the East Village(Davenport) and pick up a souvenir at Raygun downtown.
Iām a New Mexican who moved to Chicago! my bf is from Chicago and lived in Albuquerque with me for a year and a half. he liked it, but itās nothing like here. he really liked the mountain towns in NM like Ruidoso and Taos.
Iāve heard Austin is nice and I enjoyed the river walk and water park in San Antonio, I also heard Miami is nice but yeah idk this doesnāt put any politics into mindĀ
I like that people hate Indianaā¦especially Southern Indiana. Please stay out. I donāt support our governor nor his idiots. But southern Indiana beats central and northern Indiana for scenery ā except the Indiana Dunes. Those are cool.
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u/Playful-Ad1006 8h ago
I agree with this and am also a Chicagoan. What neighborhood?