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Originally Posted by edale
lol what? Can't tell if you're serious here.
As to your points about Chicago not being the Midwest, I think that's nothing more than your own insecurities coming through. You don't want to be associated with white bread flyover country, and a lot of people think that is what the entire Midwest is. Obviously, this isn't true. There are lots of different people and cultures and cities and points of interest all throughout the Midwest. Chicago is the biggest city in the region, and it's the most diverse, but that doesn't mean it's the only place in the midwest that is urban, cultured, or diverse. Chicago is Midwest through and through, and not even for reasons limited to its geographical location. Totally different feel than the big cities on the west or east coasts (or south) and distinctly midwestern. If that makes you feel uneasy, that's on you.
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No, I am not being serious. I was poking fun at this argument. Chicago is in the Midwest but not necessarily of it, at least in 2019 in many people's experience. This discussion is happening in a thread where we are wondering whether Chicago is more or less liberal than NYC or LA. Chicago is surrounded by a nearly unbroken sea of Red America for hundreds of miles in many directions. Even Wisconsin voted Trump.
Nothing about the argument makes me feel uneasy. I was just making a point that you kind of seized on there, which would be that no, Chicago doesn't belong in many people's lumped view of white flyover America. That's all. Most of the time the exception is made these days in the media.
and my family is from Philly, my first birthday was in Thailand and I am much more likely to be in NY, LA or Miami than in Iowa, which to me felt like the moon. Sorry!
Milwaukee is nice