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Why does everyone forget Chicago exists. It's a world class city with affordable housing compared to other major metropolitan regions.
by kesselvon 10y ago
Why does everyone forget Chicago exists. It's a world class city with affordable housing compared to other major metropolitan regions.
- maxsilver 10y agoI didn't forget. I just get tired of writing "except Chicago" on every single mention of the Midwest.
- dionidium 10y agoJust a note: the size of the urban population of Chicago is to St. Louis as the size of the urban population of St. Louis is to Grand Rapids [0]. Which is to say that the quantitative and qualitative differences between each are enormous. You can't really talk about "The Midwest" as a monolith. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_urban_areas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_urban_ar...