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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
we can agree to disagree, but i will always bristle whenever i hear people claim that chicago is not midwest.
chicago is peak midwest. the capital of the midwest. the midwest at both its best and worst. chicago is of, by, and for the midwest.
please read Nature's Metropolis. |
my favorite american urban history book of all time. in fact, i should re-read it for the 3rd time. the thoroughness of the greater context of chicago within the u.s., and more specifically the geography, economics, and history of the midwest is spectacular. it pokes around the edges of st. louis of course, you can see the historical/geographical outline of that city just by how thorough the book is regarding chicago, and the greater context of that city within the midwest.
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