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Originally Posted by Kenmore
how many time have you typed out a variation of this totally real anecdote?
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I was thinking the exact same thing typing it out. The answer is way too many times, and it's happened to me way too many times with a lot of different people. I'm not the only one either on here as others have similar anecdotes (like Vlajos). It's a theme about how most peoples' opinions of Chicago either don't exist at all or they believe it's crap, which should tell you something in regards to why people think Chicago is skipped over, instead of writing snarky comments missing the main points of what I wrote (which was more than just what people think). It is sad how terrible the "marketing" around Chicago is and also sad as many people in the city or near it have depression about the city thinking that Chicago is the only place with any sort of problems (no excuse not to fix them, but it's rather ridiculous). The reality is that most people around the world don't have an opinion about Chicago or their opinion is usually shaped by what they see or hear on the news. You would believe that people making decisions about where to relocate a business would be better, but some of them are not. Chicago isn't being picked sometimes because of a lack of talent - it's because sometimes there is a lack of understanding about the city itself from outside of the region. Or Chicago is not seen as cool or good enough by people who think they're elite as they think the city is just a bunch of the "Da Bears!" guys on every single corner.
Also sad that you'd imply these types of small events wouldn't be real. It's not like there's a claim to an invention of a perpetual motion machine. Don't be ridiculous.