im dating a girl that lives in chicago so i go here a lot. im here now.

chicago is a wanna be city. they talk about nyc all the time. the vast majority of this city is dangerous and run down. its great they have a few blocks of nice just like cleveland or toledo.

the shopping which is so much talked about here. its chain and any mall except yu have to deal with crime, run down and flash mobs here.

this is a declining city that has like 1% of its city as being nice. just dont walk 2 blocks away.

chicago is a declining city. shrinking economy, one of the most dangerous cities in the country, bland, huge population losses, other cities are passing it up no matter the metric, and just boring. there is no appeal to this city. its empty, depressing and declining.