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Originally Posted by Mikey563
Chicago is much older city than Toronto.
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Is this true? It would probably be more accurate to say that Chicago got started a little later (~1850) but grew much more quickly for a while.
I've always found this comparison a little odd because the two cities don't seem like they compete very directly. One is the primary business centre for Canada and the other other plays a similar role for the Midwestern US. Economic competition aside, the question of which place is better to live in or visit is more a matter of taste.
It is kind of interesting though that the Chicago-Toronto thing feels real enough that people are making threads about it now. Chicagoans who entertain this comparison are implicitly accepting a change in relative stature between the two cities compared to where they were a few decades ago.