Having to share a state with the beomith that is Chicago has soured a significant number of downstaters on our city for an eternity. Yet in the Middle West on the whole, Chicago's reputation is often excellent, trips to Chicago are enjoyed and the norm for plenty, and interest in Chicago can be great.
Is it possible that an ironic relationship exists: Midwesterners on the whole like and are attached to Chicago more than the very downstate Illinoisians who share the state with us?
(and, if anyone is interested, no...I certainly don't think that anyone outside of our region is obsessed with Chicago or that Chicago is the focal point of anyone's life; I'm not interested in elevating Chicago's status here or take an unreasonable view of our own self-importance. I am merely curious as to how positive feelings and connections to Chicago compare in our own backyard (downstate IL) and throughout the Midwest as a whole.)> |
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