Chicago's Geography Advantage #01
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Date: 2019-09-12
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James Matthews
Carl Sandburg, Chicago: Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders: They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys. And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again. And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger. And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them: Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning. Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities; Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness, Bareheaded, Shoveling, Wrecking, Planning, Building, breaking, rebuilding, Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth, Under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man laughs, Laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never lost a battle, Bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse, and under his ribs the heart of the people, LaughingLaughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of Youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation. You didn't mention construction of the Erie Canal in the 1820s, which boosted Great Lakes trade and contributed to the rise of both New York and Chicago.
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Carl Sandburg, Chicago: Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders: They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys. And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again. And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger. And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them: Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning. Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities; Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness, Bareheaded, Shoveling, Wrecking, Planning, Building, breaking, rebuilding, Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth, Under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man laughs, Laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never lost a battle, Bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse, and under his ribs the heart of the people, LaughingLaughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of Youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation. You didn't mention construction of the Erie Canal in the 1820s, which boosted Great Lakes trade and contributed to the rise of both New York and Chicago.
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Joel Stucki
Born and raised in Chicago, moved to Colorado a couple years ago. Definitely visit Chicago, but don't live there. It sucks. It's a little better if you don't need a car. I did. Basically the city ordinances in Chicago are designed to punish car owners. Which is slightly understandable since the traffic is absolutely horrible 24/7. World-class cultural institutions, great restaurants, great theater scene, great music scene, great shopping, wonderful architecture. Fascinating and colorful history. Beaches. It has a lot to offer. Definitely visit. Irredeemably corrupt city government. Irredeemably corrupt state government. Parking laws that make no sense. Parking fees through the roof. 100 for a city sticker to park your car, on top of all that. Want to appeal a parking ticket at city hall? Filing the appeal costs more than paying the ticket (well played, Chicago. Public school system over 1, 000, 000, 000 in debt. That's right, one BILLION. Teachers strike every other year. Terrible crime rates (although most north side areas are pretty safe. If you go through a toll gate without an I-PASS transponder, you don't get a bill until AFTER they've already charged you a 20 late fee for each infraction. Terrible traffic all day, every day. Takes almost an hour to go five miles. Terrible weather 11 months out of the year (first 2 weeks of June and September are actually really nice. I F-ing hated living there. Went back last year to visit for a friend's wedding and thought, oh yeah, this is why I left.
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Born and raised in Chicago, moved to Colorado a couple years ago. Definitely visit Chicago, but don't live there. It sucks. It's a little better if you don't need a car. I did. Basically the city ordinances in Chicago are designed to punish car owners. Which is slightly understandable since the traffic is absolutely horrible 24/7. World-class cultural institutions, great restaurants, great theater scene, great music scene, great shopping, wonderful architecture. Fascinating and colorful history. Beaches. It has a lot to offer. Definitely visit. Irredeemably corrupt city government. Irredeemably corrupt state government. Parking laws that make no sense. Parking fees through the roof. 100 for a city sticker to park your car, on top of all that. Want to appeal a parking ticket at city hall? Filing the appeal costs more than paying the ticket (well played, Chicago. Public school system over 1, 000, 000, 000 in debt. That's right, one BILLION. Teachers strike every other year. Terrible crime rates (although most north side areas are pretty safe. If you go through a toll gate without an I-PASS transponder, you don't get a bill until AFTER they've already charged you a 20 late fee for each infraction. Terrible traffic all day, every day. Takes almost an hour to go five miles. Terrible weather 11 months out of the year (first 2 weeks of June and September are actually really nice. I F-ing hated living there. Went back last year to visit for a friend's wedding and thought, oh yeah, this is why I left.
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Anonymike
The Chicago elite has managed from the beginning to put Chicago on top of every trend. Water shipping. Railroads. Meat packing. Heavy industry. Manufacturing. Aviation. The financial, services and knowledge economy. Whole sector were abandonned early and the replacements put in place early too. Other old sectors were kept though. Chicago jettisoned heavy industry, manufacturing and meat packing and embraced finance, service and knowledge very early in the game. Water transportation, railroading, aviation have been kept. Chicago has never quite embraced the knowledge economy the way other cities have, but the knowledge economy might be riskier than finance and services. Don't be fooled by the fiscal problems of city government or the continued existence of blighted and low income neighborhoods. Major corps don't building office towers by the dozen and the numbers of neighborhoods populated by educated young and older adults don't increase unless something right is happening. Not that I would live there again. I left in 1975. But I did grow up there and I still know the ground.
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The Chicago elite has managed from the beginning to put Chicago on top of every trend. Water shipping. Railroads. Meat packing. Heavy industry. Manufacturing. Aviation. The financial, services and knowledge economy. Whole sector were abandonned early and the replacements put in place early too. Other old sectors were kept though. Chicago jettisoned heavy industry, manufacturing and meat packing and embraced finance, service and knowledge very early in the game. Water transportation, railroading, aviation have been kept. Chicago has never quite embraced the knowledge economy the way other cities have, but the knowledge economy might be riskier than finance and services. Don't be fooled by the fiscal problems of city government or the continued existence of blighted and low income neighborhoods. Major corps don't building office towers by the dozen and the numbers of neighborhoods populated by educated young and older adults don't increase unless something right is happening. Not that I would live there again. I left in 1975. But I did grow up there and I still know the ground.
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t ytrehalf
1) Chicago is at the mouth of the Chicago River. Not the Illinois River. 2) During wet seasons mud lake would connect the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River not the Illinois River. 3) Why show a map of Indianapolis? 4) The Illinois river was not modified by a canal. It was the south branch of the Chicago River to connect to the Des Plaines River. 5) You forget the influence the Erie Canal played in the establishment of Chicago as of a east port connect via the Great Lakes for farm produce. 6) You are mixing up the I&M canal and the CSS canal in your narrative. The railroad boom happened in the 1890s not the 1850s. 7) Please do not propagate the O'Leary cow-lantern tale that is not how the Great Chicago Fire started. 8) New York City was the biggest source of recovery donations. 9) The Great White city was nearly 700 acres (690 to be exact. 10) Before O'hare, Midway was biggest airport in the US. - Kid you need to learn something about Chicago Geography & History. There were factual flaws in your Chicago Skyway video.
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1) Chicago is at the mouth of the Chicago River. Not the Illinois River. 2) During wet seasons mud lake would connect the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River not the Illinois River. 3) Why show a map of Indianapolis? 4) The Illinois river was not modified by a canal. It was the south branch of the Chicago River to connect to the Des Plaines River. 5) You forget the influence the Erie Canal played in the establishment of Chicago as of a east port connect via the Great Lakes for farm produce. 6) You are mixing up the I&M canal and the CSS canal in your narrative. The railroad boom happened in the 1890s not the 1850s. 7) Please do not propagate the O'Leary cow-lantern tale that is not how the Great Chicago Fire started. 8) New York City was the biggest source of recovery donations. 9) The Great White city was nearly 700 acres (690 to be exact. 10) Before O'hare, Midway was biggest airport in the US. - Kid you need to learn something about Chicago Geography & History. There were factual flaws in your Chicago Skyway video.
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BenjaminGessel
Favorite U. S. cities: (Top 10)#10: Portland#9: New York City#8: Seattle#7: Milwaukee#6: Boston#5: CHICAGO#4: Minneapolis#3: Pittsburgh#2: Boise#1: Salt Lake City-This is fluctuating all the time, btw, and I know I shafted L. A. and Denver. But, like Seattle, NYC and Portland, L. A. 's traffic is HORRIBLE. Boston isn't that great either here. NYC has the restaurants, Central Park, arts stuff, all the attractions and culture, with the crime being less of an issue these days. I'm a little unsure of Milwaukee, but there are def. things I like about it. Minneapolis is safe and a great place to live. Pittsburgh, like Columbus, is one of the more livable rust belt cities, in my current estimation. Boise and SLC, well, I'm a Mormon, so. Chicago is truly a great city. South Chicago could still use some work though. (Literally)
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Favorite U. S. cities: (Top 10)#10: Portland#9: New York City#8: Seattle#7: Milwaukee#6: Boston#5: CHICAGO#4: Minneapolis#3: Pittsburgh#2: Boise#1: Salt Lake City-This is fluctuating all the time, btw, and I know I shafted L. A. and Denver. But, like Seattle, NYC and Portland, L. A. 's traffic is HORRIBLE. Boston isn't that great either here. NYC has the restaurants, Central Park, arts stuff, all the attractions and culture, with the crime being less of an issue these days. I'm a little unsure of Milwaukee, but there are def. things I like about it. Minneapolis is safe and a great place to live. Pittsburgh, like Columbus, is one of the more livable rust belt cities, in my current estimation. Boise and SLC, well, I'm a Mormon, so. Chicago is truly a great city. South Chicago could still use some work though. (Literally)
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philly guy15
Most people here posting comments never lived in Chicago and never even Visted Chicago. It's all just a bunch of big city wide eyed rookies who think Chicago is spectacular. Well I was once one of those dreamy eyed fools until I moved to Chicago. Chicago just don't have that Pop like NYC, London or Paris. But it was a good looking town. I liked the magnificent mile area, the loop has tall buildings but it's the business district and was boring. There's no large theatre district but the lake is niceLook what I'm saying is that all of you rookies have never been to Chicago and you can't fool me So stop exaggerating. If you want to see a super city visit London. And if anyone says Chicago compares to London I'll personally find you and stick a month old Cheese steak in your mouth. Philly style
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Most people here posting comments never lived in Chicago and never even Visted Chicago. It's all just a bunch of big city wide eyed rookies who think Chicago is spectacular. Well I was once one of those dreamy eyed fools until I moved to Chicago. Chicago just don't have that Pop like NYC, London or Paris. But it was a good looking town. I liked the magnificent mile area, the loop has tall buildings but it's the business district and was boring. There's no large theatre district but the lake is niceLook what I'm saying is that all of you rookies have never been to Chicago and you can't fool me So stop exaggerating. If you want to see a super city visit London. And if anyone says Chicago compares to London I'll personally find you and stick a month old Cheese steak in your mouth. Philly style
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Brianna
Chicago is GREAT Expect for the winters, literally the winters are brutal. Oh and the corrupt politicians, and the crime rate. Dont forget the thousands of potholes. There is construction 24 hours of the day, 7 days a week. Traffic is 10 hours a day. 5-10am and 2-7pm. The city also smells like poop, at least on the west side and south side. Oh the city is actually very segregated. Each neighborhood has its own ethnicity, which is unique but has caused racial tension over the decades. Compared to New York City, D. C. and LA, Chicago is the least diverse even though I said it was segregated. Hmmmm. oh the drivers are very very mean. The cops are awful and dont really serve and protect. expect for a few here and there. The cost of living keeps rising. Other than that Chicago is great.
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Chicago is GREAT Expect for the winters, literally the winters are brutal. Oh and the corrupt politicians, and the crime rate. Dont forget the thousands of potholes. There is construction 24 hours of the day, 7 days a week. Traffic is 10 hours a day. 5-10am and 2-7pm. The city also smells like poop, at least on the west side and south side. Oh the city is actually very segregated. Each neighborhood has its own ethnicity, which is unique but has caused racial tension over the decades. Compared to New York City, D. C. and LA, Chicago is the least diverse even though I said it was segregated. Hmmmm. oh the drivers are very very mean. The cops are awful and dont really serve and protect. expect for a few here and there. The cost of living keeps rising. Other than that Chicago is great.
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Popaje pokaži mu propeler zviz
The most dominant city in the enterior of North America? If you mean north USA then yes. If you think North America as a continent then Mexico City is much bigger than Chicago and Chicago is actually fourth biggest city of North America, behind New York, Mexico City and Los Angeles, though Chicago is great too. Mexico is part of North American continent together with USA and Canada. Top 4 cities are NYC, Mexico City, LA and Chicago. Population of Mexico City with suburbs is even close or comparable to NYC. It's two times bigger than population of huge 10 million people city like Chicago.
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The most dominant city in the enterior of North America? If you mean north USA then yes. If you think North America as a continent then Mexico City is much bigger than Chicago and Chicago is actually fourth biggest city of North America, behind New York, Mexico City and Los Angeles, though Chicago is great too. Mexico is part of North American continent together with USA and Canada. Top 4 cities are NYC, Mexico City, LA and Chicago. Population of Mexico City with suburbs is even close or comparable to NYC. It's two times bigger than population of huge 10 million people city like Chicago.
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Jacob Theesfeld
The unique part about St. Louis now is that it has a good chance of expanding its railroad reach at the time now since its known that Chicago has now become a bottleneck for the rail industry. Many RR companies are looking for different options, and St. Louis has a real chance now since it has 6 of the 7 Class I railroads interchanging in the city (the Canadian Pacific is the only one that doesnt each STL, and it has the TRRA. Theres no way St. Louis can be Chicagos railroad replacement, but it has a solid foundation to become a second midwestern hub to help alleviate Chicagos strain.
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The unique part about St. Louis now is that it has a good chance of expanding its railroad reach at the time now since its known that Chicago has now become a bottleneck for the rail industry. Many RR companies are looking for different options, and St. Louis has a real chance now since it has 6 of the 7 Class I railroads interchanging in the city (the Canadian Pacific is the only one that doesnt each STL, and it has the TRRA. Theres no way St. Louis can be Chicagos railroad replacement, but it has a solid foundation to become a second midwestern hub to help alleviate Chicagos strain.
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