As I said in my post, I thought Scott's post was great until he went after Chicago. I agree it's a Chicago thing. We're a proud folk. We get angry, but I've nev

As I said in my post, I thought Scott's post was great until he went after Chicago. I agree it's a Chicago thing. We're a proud folk. We get angry, but I've never seen a post from Chicago bashing other places. It's clear Portland, Seattle, New York, Austin, and "the bay area" (really all cities) have great things going for them. Why is it we seem to be the city to bash? I'm sore, sure, but this has been going in for a long time. In a post in 2007 I highlighted a presentation series, my partner Lance was giving to overcome the perception that real art doesn't happen here. http://spill.tanagram.com/2007/03/28/the-city-that-works/ http://spill.tanagram.com/2007/03/28/the-city-that-works/ I mean we have 5+ colleges here -one of them Ivy league - and still it seems that nothing good comes from Chicago? Scott Wilson, UIC grad and amazing industrial designer is based here but he has a Portland office for credibility (he would say that flat out). His company is famous for the Microsoft Kin, Tons of XBOX stuff, Nike plus, and the mythical "courier." http://www.MNML.com http://www.MNML.com. Did you know that?  This, to me, isn't a penis waving contest. It's a brilliant neglected child learning to tell the world that she matters.