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Originally Posted by Segun
Chicago is "gappier" overall, I agree, especially considering what urban decay did to Chicago, but the bones for an extremely large bustling city have enough "meat" on them where they didn't change the urbane habits of Chicagoans (like Detroit).
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Even on neighbourhood commercial streets Chicago retail buildings tend to be bigger and grander than their counterparts in Toronto. Stems from some of the same reasons I mentioned. Central toronto buildings are quite narrow and packed in - makes for some interesting and awkward layouts.