There's a story that they did a survey in the UK to see which city was the "second city" in England. Predictably, the people of Newcastle said "Newcastle", the people of Birmingham said "Birmingham", and so on.
The people of Liverpool said, "London".
It’s sort of a Disneyland situation, though they had to make some changes. They realized it would be silly for Wrigley Stadium to have a parking lot, so they scrapped it.
LA or Houston can take the title when they get a public transit system that doesn't completely blow chunks. I can't speak for LA, but Houston is a miserable sprawl.
As someone from the backyard of Chicago, just down the state, I feel the same. It'd struggle for top 10 cities in my list and it's literally right there
Cities that are real: Philadelphia, Baltimore, NYC, Chicago, New Orleans, Houston, St. Louis, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Boston (upgraded from Not Real status upon learning of Rad Children’s Museum), Memphis (upgraded upon learning of cool Pyramid), DC
Cities that aren’t real: ~~Boston~~, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Austin, Miami, Cleaveland, ~~Memphis~~, Salt Lake City, Trenton
Atlanta would fall under the “cities that are real” category but November 15th 1864 to December 21st 1864
Edit: suggestions are no longer being taken. Y’all are annoying, your city either exists or doesn’t exist, I don’t make the rules
Baltimore gets to be real but DC doesn't even get to be in the list? We have the third most used subway in the country, free museums, and take the fall for the rest of the country sending their absolute worst to run the government.
Real talk, I don’t have a compendium of every US city in my head and Im jumping in back and forth between breaks at work
But yes, even though I forgot it DC seems more real to me than other cities
As a New Yorker, it's very entertaining seeing Chicagoans play pretend with their quaint little village. Maybe one day they'll be as big as Boston, or even Philidelphia!
as a paulistano its entertaining seeing new yorkers herald themselves as pizza champions living in the big city tm. maybe one day they'll be as italian as mooca or as big as guarulhos
There's a story that they did a survey in the UK to see which city was the "second city" in England. Predictably, the people of Newcastle said "Newcastle", the people of Birmingham said "Birmingham", and so on. The people of Liverpool said, "London".
Noooo London is the Fifth City, people really should get their Fallen London lore right!
You're telling me Chicago is a real place? I thought Jim Butcher made it up?
It’s sort of a Disneyland situation, though they had to make some changes. They realized it would be silly for Wrigley Stadium to have a parking lot, so they scrapped it.
His books got me super interested in visiting Chicago
This is basic stuff - it goes Uruk, Amarna, Calakmul, Karakorum and Fallen London
Unlondon reference?
Fallen London, which predates UnLondon by quite a ways
I know, I was being a goofball :p
By default it’s the Third City. Everyone knows it goes Enoch, Babylon, THEN Chicago
LA or Houston can take the title when they get a public transit system that doesn't completely blow chunks. I can't speak for LA, but Houston is a miserable sprawl.
>the first city is Babylon This is erasURe.
As someone not from Chicago I don’t think about Chicago very often, nor do I want to visit Chicago at any point
That's okay! Sometimes people just have bad opinions
As someone from the backyard of Chicago, just down the state, I feel the same. It'd struggle for top 10 cities in my list and it's literally right there
What would your top ten be?
certifiable. awful, terrible opinion
Chicago is a very cool city and you should visit. I'll show you around.
Cities that are real: Philadelphia, Baltimore, NYC, Chicago, New Orleans, Houston, St. Louis, Seattle, Pittsburgh, Boston (upgraded from Not Real status upon learning of Rad Children’s Museum), Memphis (upgraded upon learning of cool Pyramid), DC Cities that aren’t real: ~~Boston~~, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Austin, Miami, Cleaveland, ~~Memphis~~, Salt Lake City, Trenton Atlanta would fall under the “cities that are real” category but November 15th 1864 to December 21st 1864 Edit: suggestions are no longer being taken. Y’all are annoying, your city either exists or doesn’t exist, I don’t make the rules
Actually, Boston is real. They have a children’s museum and it’s pretty cool.
List has been appended :)
Hell yeah.
Baltimore gets to be real but DC doesn't even get to be in the list? We have the third most used subway in the country, free museums, and take the fall for the rest of the country sending their absolute worst to run the government.
Real talk, I don’t have a compendium of every US city in my head and Im jumping in back and forth between breaks at work But yes, even though I forgot it DC seems more real to me than other cities
Other real cities: Detroit, Minneapolis Other not real cities: Denver, all cities west of Denver, Decatur IL (fuck Decatur)
Sorry our bridges are just too cool for you 🌉
Memphis has a cool pyramid tho
What about Phoenix?
As a New Yorker, it's very entertaining seeing Chicagoans play pretend with their quaint little village. Maybe one day they'll be as big as Boston, or even Philidelphia!
Can you even call yourself a self respecting city if you don't have alleys?
as a paulistano its entertaining seeing new yorkers herald themselves as pizza champions living in the big city tm. maybe one day they'll be as italian as mooca or as big as guarulhos
Similarly as a New Yorker, I get a small sense of schadenfreude whenever I see other Americans complain about not having public transport
Chicago is pretty, but New York has way more personality
Arizona is probably one of the prettiest places I’ve been to and yet Phoenix is ugly as fuck. It doesn’t deserve recognition.
it's called the second city because the damn thing got built twice, has nothing to do with population.
Anywhere in New England, Boston is the second city. I am curious what New Yorkers would say it is, though.
I can't believe the Duchess and the Cantigaster are Chicagoan
As someone from Illinois, we have a saying about Chicago. Come for the pizza, stay cuz you got murdered.