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In response to "What's your/the Chicago definition of Chicago? -- nm" by Roger More

The City of Chicago

Posted by ty97 Feb 1 '17, 13:00

I completely get why people say "I'm from Chicago" when traveling (people probably haven't heard of Skokie) but it's a running joke that almost every time you ask "which neighborhood" you get some far flung suburb

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I wonder what people from Toronto say. (Here they say "I'm from [city name - eg Mississauga]" while I live "downtown" because I'm within the - Roger More Feb 1, 13:08 1
- Also, I think I get it - Coolio works in Mississauga, and her colleagues are people who live further out, and they are often afraid to come into - Roger More Feb 1, 13:10
I think lots of people do that when they live near big cities. Hell, I say I'm from Philly all the time - I live an hour north -- nm - decline Feb 1, 13:01 5
- I lived in "Columbus" for 23 years, but 18 were in one suburb or another and not Columbus. - TWuG Feb 1, 13:04 4
  - I know Gahanna. Super marketing program at the high school. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 1, 13:09
  - We don't have suburbs here but we do have "communities" which are defined hilariously small - Reagen Feb 1, 13:08 1
    - We're getting to that stage here. "Oh look, another new neighbourhood name invented to sell real estate that I'm supposed to care about" -- nm - Roger More Feb 1, 13:12
  - Wait, isn't Gahanna on the travel ban list? -- nm - ty97 Feb 1, 13:06

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