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  • To say Chicago is ordinary to European cities is asinine. Newsflash: Chicago is an American city - if you knew any history behind the city you wouldn't be making such ignorant comments.

  • @TickleMeElmo55 All right,I`ll make it even easier for you.I remember earlier you were badmouthing Los Angeles.So if you like, we can have a sort of Los Angeles -Chicago face-off here.So here is your opportunity to tell me why you think Chicago is better than LA.I`ll promise to respond to that in a polite manner.Or if you prefer, the face-off can be between Chicago and any city I have mentioned earlier.

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  • fuck new york the dirty city chicago rocks!!! no offence to newyorkers because i live in nyc

  • chicago is not boring what so ever. all you out of towners just dont know what to do and how to find it. Theres so much shit going on every night. LA sucks, Miami sucks, new york is good but doesn't compare to chicago. and ummm hhhrolling if you ever come here be sure to check out the south side so you can get shot the fuck up

  • Thanks for uploading. Im from Stockholm in Europe and will never wisit Chicago (I cant) but i have been in New York City..

    And Chicago just lookes likes a smaller version of the Great Apple?

  • It is different, trust me :)

    Chicago is a lot less busy and tiring.

    But on the other side, its also a big city with lots of places to go.

    I prefer Chicago, but thats just my opinion.

  • I agree, but for someone who is used to live in Europe, Chicago is a huge city. Most europeans that move to LA, New York or any of the cities you've stated, will be overwhelmed by these places, especially when they aren't really prepared very well. Don't get me wrong though, New York and Los Angeles are two of my favorite cities, I just wouldn't want to live there a very long time. :)

  • I see your point but after visiting Europe`s cities like Paris,London,Madrid and Barcelona, I have come to conclusion that Chicago is just too ordinary and has long way to go to come even close to great cities of Europe.

  • @hhhrolling

    CHicago isn't ordinary. Define ordinary. Chicago is trying to be CHicago not like NYC who is a wanna-be European city. The last I heard European cities weren't the standard when it came to American cities.

  • @TickleMeElmo55 NY is not trying to be anything,New York sets trends for others to follow.Chicago ,on the other hand,has no exceptional quality or character that would make it a distinct place .Its big but it doesn`t feel like it ,and it doesn`t evoke emotion the way Paris, London, Madrid, Venice,Barcelona,Rome,Amsterda­m and so many other European cities do.Even American cities like NY, LA ,San Francisco ,Miami and Las Vegas have much more character than Chicago.

  • @hhhrolling

    Goodness your post spews ignorant. NYC doesn't set the trends for others to follow - it probably did in the '70-90 but not now. If every city followed NYC then every city would be boring. It would visiting one NYC after another and who the heck wants that. NYC is big and it DOES feel like it. Go to Manhattan and you're engulfed by concrete. One can live in any of the boroughs and never truly leave it because it's so big. You're making NYC sound like some ultimate mecca of utopian

  • Michigan Avenue-three lanes each way ! Wow! The major street of a 3 rd largest city in America.Its a joke! Yes, NY is big ,and it feels like it! Thats how it should be for one of the major cities on this planet.But if you want, you can pick any city I have mentioned, and we can get more detailed comparing them to Chicago.I have something to back it up my statement that NY,LA,San Francisco,Miami,Las Vegas,and lets add San Diego are prettier,and just better places to live than Chicago.

  • @hhhrolling

    What does three lanes have to do with it? I don't understand what you're saying. The better forum to debate this is city-data. The limited characters on youtube doesn't do this conversation justice.

  • @TickleMeElmo55 You really don`t understand what my reference to 3 lanes have to do with it?Its the prefect illustration of the city as whole-unremarkable,provincial,­lacking interest ,and excitement.

  • @hhhrolling

    bliss in which never was. No city is perfect and no city suck NYC's dick unless it's LA. So please, it's clear you are blinded by you NYC lust and having a conversation with you is like talking to someone who always says "Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes." If you are indeed a NY'er then I guess all that culture and diversity kinda failed you. To say Chicago has little character when compared to those city is laughable. That's one of the most uneducated statements I've heard.

  • @TickleMeElmo55 Of course no city is perfect.Chicago just has less of those qualities ,less distinctiveness, that would make it more interesting place than the cities I have mention earlier.I`m not saying Chicago is bad, its just ordinary.And the fact that in your response you prefer cheap personal attacks only proves that you really have nothing to say to at least attempt to make a some sort of case for Chicago.

  • @hhhrolling

    Chicago isn't ordinary. It's the only city in America that embraces its regional culture and it shows. It has the hustle and bustle like any cosmopolitan, its the only city that fully utilizes its waterfront, its skyline is the one of the best in the world if not the US due its balance of supertalls and midrises, its residents are constantly heralded as the "nicest city residents", etc. People deem Chicago ordinary because it's in the Midwest. Simple as that.

  • @TickleMeElmo55 Nothing can be further from the truth when you say Chicago is the only American city that embraces its regional culture.Dallas,San Antonio does it on much higher level,New Orleans too,so is Atlanta,any major city does that.Chicago does have a pretty nice skyline but only from somewhere deep in the Lake, and how many residents can enjoy that on a regular basis let me ask?And once you inside Downtown Chicago, it has a feel of nothing special if you compare it to some other cities.

  • @hhhrolling

    How on earth does Dallas, SA, and Atlanta embrace their regional character more than CHicago? To compare those cities to Chicago is apples to oranges. Only NOLA does that and that city is miniscule to Chicago's size. It's rather easy to enjoy Chicago's skyline - you get on the El and you go to Millenium Park or you walk through The Loop. It seem like you have never spent significant time in Chicago. Since you comment on Chicago's FiDi, name other cities, besides NYC, that

  • @TickleMeElmo55 Chicago`s size in terms of population is not reflective in its cultural expression.Dallas has and embraces its cowboy ,Texas culture roots,the same with San Antonio ,Atlanta has deep Southern culture, but Chicago...what does Midwestern culture even means?Even if it exists it fails miserable in comparison to Southern or Western culture.And no, neither from the Loop or L train ,you can not fully see the skyline of Chicago.

  • @TickleMeElmo55 Oh come on, just pick one of the cities I have mentioned, and we will compare them.I `ll add Canadian city of Montreal to the list of North American cities that is in my opinion in general are better than Chicago.

  • are more "special" than Chicago's core.

  • @hhhrolling Fuck Vegas L.A And miami is small

  • Fuck Chicago.Downtown is much smaller downgrade boring version of NY.Suburbs are so faceless that it would be a complete waste of time to even talk about it.

  • A down grade of NY why is Chicago cleaner lake michagin's water is nicer than the water by NYC and Chicago has the best skyline in america yes better than NYC!!!

    NYC could be better But L.A or Miami don't even compare to this city and im From Houston just so you know im not from chicago I Iooked up to this city as a kid before i probly even knew that L.A and Miami existed!!!

  • What kind of bullshit is "water is nicer"?What, some piece of shit lake is nicer than Atlantic Ocean?That lake is DIRTY and Chicago is one of the most polluted cities in America.Same shit as Houston.And it is a huge down grade of NY and Los Angeles.Those two cities are first at virtually everything when it comes to business, culture , science etc.

  • @hhhrolling yea alot better color that new yorks water, New York is probley better but not L.A way to overrated and talk about buissness come to Houston and it has a better skyline than any in California!!!

  • That lake is polluted like shit.And so is the air.When it comes to skyline,Houston , New York,Chicago, Dallas or even some Cincinnati ...they all look the same.

  • @hhhrolling yea chicago is clean and architecturaly significant the best skylines are Chicago New York Houston and Dallas is way up their as well do to being uniqe shapes and stylesof the buildings thats the reason the choose to film robocop there!!!

  • @roger128917 , i ment hhhrolling hasnt been to Chicago to know, he bashes it not knowing it is better then whereever hes from.

  • @sexyrican77trey Hell yea that dude's REALLLLLLLLL WEAK!!!

  • Chicago is just boring,polluted ,depressing ,infested with rats place with really bad weather and some really stupid people .

  • @hhhrolling Not really ive been before i know what im talking about!!!

  • So am I.

  • @hhhrolling well have you been!!!

  • @hhhrolling can't even disagree, even tho i love the city. anywhere that you've got so many people is gonna tend to suck in many ways. but it's also beautiful.

  • @hhhrolling

    If you find Chicago boring then you must be a boring person. Seriously.

  • @roger128917 , true Houston skyline is bigger then LA's, hhhrolling has been to Chicago to know, the skyline is HUGE! it would be like from galveston to h-town,0.O thats how long it spreads! and it has like 6 supertalls while,NYC only has empire state building which stands out in manhattan,plus NYC skyline is short and grimy and LA.....hum yea! lol, check out my channel it has good qaulity videos of Chicago from its highways,camera has to pan over to both sides to catch all of it

  • @hhhrolling

    So it's boring to you if a city doesn't focus on entertainment? Do you have ADD or something?

  • Chicago is a lot less busy and tiring.. which is awesome...

    I want to move to one of the following cities: Chicago, New York or London.

    I definitely Chicago is the place to live in.

    Its calmer, cleaner, emptier thant NYC. It sounds Great dont u think so?

    And i love american life style...

    I love london... but not sure about british culture ( i like british history... but not exactly their culture and lifestyle) i love London Strees XD!.. but Chicago For the win!

  • DanielCMM ,if "ordinary" and "dull" is your thing, then Chicago is your kind of town.

  • 3:23 TO 3:29 CONDO WITH green roof near opera house and sears tower

  • been to chicago and new york more than once and i'll take chicago over new york.

  • Ditto

  • @william273 I totally agree but please don't metion new york cause the comments will be filled with arguements about whats better -_-

  • New York is my favorite city, but Chicago is just behind. I just love it, but I think is an underrated city.

  • the building in 0:26 was the building in the dark knight

  • I am tired of living in sf,looking for a new town and chicago is one of them,how is the night life? Is it a 24 hr town?Pros and cons please!

  • SF as in San Fran? I wanna move there lol. I live in Chicago, and yes, it is a 24 hour town. There's sooo much to do here and it's all super easy to access and extremely CLEAN. best city on Earth w/ some of the greatest hangouts =) Cons... Mayor Daley's taxes are rediculous, and the weather can get COLD in the winter... crime isn't any worse than other big cities. Hope that helped.

  • Yes it did! thanks so much!

  • yeah, if ur cluben, u can drive at 2:00am and get stuk in traffic..but when they say clubs dont stop till 6:00 in tha morning their not lieing!!! over all the cities great its like a mini new york

  • Chicago is the best fucking city on earth

  • wut u mean by stressful?

  • its as good as any other city

  • chicago never stops trust me i live right in the heart of it

  • whats the building at the begining?

  • Sears Tower

  • @RyanInWA Willis Tower now. Name changed.

  • @YourMomentInTime you...fucking idiot.

  • Great!

    Watch my videos from Israel. THANKS!

  • Baaaaby don't you waannna go- Sweet home Chicago

  • come see chicago in my limo, check my website and click fleet

  • chi town

  • Love the CBOT building.

  • Man I want to go to chicago right now!!!

  • I love chicago.

    wonderful vid!

  • oh I love chicago, it's such a beautiful city

  • Love it, just like I love Chicago. Thanks so much!

    Homesick in CA (Chicago's weather is not that great, however...)

  • Sure it has the best buildings in the world.

  • It's a wonderful city.

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