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Originally Posted by Via Chicago
there are plenty of cities on earth with huge skylines that are miserable and dispiriting places to live. there are others with enormous amounts of wealth that make daily existence untenable for your average middle class person. im much more interested in the quality of life your average resident has in any given city. shouldnt that be the barometer we hold ourselves to? whether we have the biggest collection of piles of steel or not dosent affect my day to day life. and gloating about wealth stratification/inequality is kind of a weird flex.
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This.
Even if Chicago caught up to New York in terms of number of supertalls and population..... You aren't going to suddenly move the needle for anyone in either of these cities. Folks who love Chicago.... Will always love Chicago. Same goes for New Yorkers. Why? Because NYC is a completely different animal than Chicago. That's a good thing! I love cities that stand apart with their own unique identity. That's what makes a city interesting.
When I was in Europe last Fall, It was so fun to experience London, Paris, and Madrid. Only because each city had a completely different feel to it. Chicago shouldn't obsess about trying to be NYC. Chicago should obsess about being a better Chicago.
Remember guys:
"Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency. Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us. Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty. Think big."