Chicago ought not to be lumped in with Boston and DC. DC and Boston are both quite nice (comparatively). The CTA is not. It's barely tolerable (and by tolerabl

Chicago ought not to be lumped in with Boston and DC. DC and Boston are both quite nice (comparatively). The CTA is not. It's barely tolerable (and by tolerable, I mean that people are even capable of using it to get around and/or commute at all. So, the system might technically be a functioning transit apparatus, but barely.) I've used it daily for a sizable portion of my life, and it fails with remarkable consistency.