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Originally Posted by CaliNative
Don't get me wrong, I am a big Chicago fan. Might move there. Good property bargains. A toddling town, Chicago is.
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Rest in peace 007, Sean Connery
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Hehe. Most of Chicago’s nicknames aren’t complimentary, but ‘Second City’ is just so bland compared to organic 19th century Midwestern s**tflinging. There’s just something so ridiculous and awesome about having the same nicknames, complaints and debates since Abraham Lincoln was still president
“The controversies between the Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis newspapers as to the importance of their respective cities, is amusing to outsiders. The Cincinnati Commercial lately called Chicago a ‘city of wind’…” New York Evening Post 1867
“Chicago is a very windy town. There is probably more blow about that place than any other in the world. In comparison to its “blows” the dreaded Simoon is only Simoonshine. The elements are combined to form a monster ear trumpet, the little end of which is inserted into the public ear, and thro’ it all Chicago blows the praises of that wonderful city, until it makes the public head ache — actually splitting the ears of the groundlings.“ Chronicling America 1866
“We are proud of Milwaukee because she is not overrun with a lazy police force as is Chicago — because her morals are better, he [sic] criminals fewer, her credit better; and her taxes lighter in proportion to her valuation than Chicago, the windy city of the West.” Milwaukee Daily Sentinel July 4, 1860