Relocating to Chicago from NYC

[MassageDrew]

That's what annoys me the most. I was on my way to the US Open in New York 2 years ago and ran into a couple from Chicago. I asked what neighborhood they're from and they said Glenview. Corrected them and asked to stop saying they're Chicago. It's not even spelled the same way. I actually live in the city and get offended by suburbanites claiming to live in the city.

[cany10011]

That's what annoys me the most. I was on my way to the US Open in New York 2 years ago and ran into a couple from Chicago. I asked what neighborhood they're from and they said Glenview. Corrected them and asked to stop saying they're Chicago. It's not even spelled the same way. I actually live in the city and get offended by suburbanites claiming to live in the city.

 

I don’t know Chicago, but perhaps can they say, “We’re from metro Chicago?”.

[Luv2play]

That's what annoys me the most. I was on my way to the US Open in New York 2 years ago and ran into a couple from Chicago. I asked what neighborhood they're from and they said Glenview. Corrected them and asked to stop saying they're Chicago. It's not even spelled the same way. I actually live in the city and get offended by suburbanites claiming to live in the city.

I've only been to Chicago once and that was to visit the downtown area over a long July 4th weekend. Lots of fun and I stayed with a gay escort who rented out rooms. Also slept with him one night. Wouldn't recognize the name of one suburb from another. Maybe that's why people who live in the burbs say Chicago so people at least recognize the general area.

[MassageDrew]

I shouldn't have to include "metro" if they just owned up to the fact that they're NOT Chicagoans. I get it. Chicago is much more recognizable than Glenview. But how hard is it to say "I live just outside of Chicago"? Then I'd be more inclined to ask which burb they're from instead of getting turned off.

[+ bashful]

I shouldn't have to include "metro" if they just owned up to the fact that they're NOT Chicagoans. I get it. Chicago is much more recognizable than Glenview. But how hard is it to say "I live just outside of Chicago"? Then I'd be more inclined to ask which burb they're from instead of getting turned off.

 

Sometimes it's just easier to say Chicago vs. getting specific when casually asked.

 

I have friends who live in a leafy section in NW Chicago that resembles the suburban image (single family homes, trees, no sidewalks) more than my neighborhood in a suburb 25 miles from the Loop (9 midrise condo/apartment buildings within 3 blocks either way, and 3 more planned or going up).

 

Suburbanite, or living in the city, we're all tied to it whether for family, friends, fun, profit, job, culture, medical care, entertainment, etc..

 

When I lived in Detroit (both city, and a suburb) back in 80's, some suburbanites lived their entire lives never going into Detroit. Here in Chicagoland, I don't know of anyone who has never been into the city, and I've lived in the burbs for 30 years.

Edited September 18, 2020 by bashful

[LookingAround]

Locals consider Naperville, Evanston etc “Chicago.” I have friends who live in those places and no one thinks a second thought when they say they live in Chicago.

[Lazarus]

This reminds me of when I went to my high school reunion in Upstate NY. There was a woman there telling everyone she lives in “New York City”. I asked her where in the city she lived & she says Mineola, Long Island. As for Chicago, I was there once & it is a nice city, but it is nothing like NYC. Philly is more like NYC than Chicago is even though it is much smaller.

[+ Reisr30]

I have visited Chicago multiple times and seems like a nice city but growing up a New Yorker I prefer NYC. To me there is no place like New York in my mind...