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If you live in Overland Park do people have a problem if you say you live in KC? If you live in KC should you point out if you live on the Kansas or Missouri side? If you live in Chicago but not downtown can you say you live in the city? If you live in Glen Oaks should you say Glen Oaks or West Des Moines? What about Beaverdale?
Same here. The culture, lifestyle, daily interactions, etc. is all so much different in the city than the suburbs. It's a completely different situation. The reason this bugs me is because our childhoods had nothing in common with those who grew up in a car-centric suburb. Familial roots go back over 100 years in my neighborhood whereas some cities didn't even exist 10 years ago. The city is a place to experience and the suburbs are a place to live. They each have their advantages and disadvantages but that's why it bugs me. Don't try to claim something authentic and with history as your own when you've specifically chosen to not live there for various reasons.
Edit - someone asked about Beaverdale. Beaverdale was its own city at one point and as such has its own unique identity and history. People know it is now a neighborhood of DSM. Glen Oaks is a housing development in a suburbs with no unique history. Saying you from there is to boast because being rich is the only common theme among its residents., at least that's my take.
Go on...
i think he dated my avatar
Same here. The culture, lifestyle, daily interactions, etc. is all so much different in the city than the suburbs. It's a completely different situation. The reason this bugs me is because our childhoods had nothing in common with those who grew up in a car-centric suburb. Familial roots go back over 100 years in my neighborhood whereas some cities didn't even exist 10 years ago. The city is a place to experience and the suburbs are a place to live. They each have their advantages and disadvantages but that's why it bugs me. Don't try to claim something authentic and with history as your own when you've specifically chosen to not live there for various reasons.
So what if you just moved there from a suburb? Do you still get street cred or do you need to have been born in the city? Are there stickers for your bicycles like the ones people have for Iowa Native? Are there rules?
So what if you just moved there from a suburb? Do you still get street cred or do you need to have been born in the city? Are there stickers for your bicycles like the ones people have for Iowa Native? Are there rules?
Here is my simple test. If you regularly rode CTA buses and trains, then you are a true Chicagoan. Taking suburban trains to an office downtown doesn't count.
I drove CTA buses to pay for grad school so I have never-ending Chicago cred even though it was 30 years ago.
What if you live downtown but take a train to the suburbs to work? Is there a rule book somewhere?
Now you're just being fourtentious.My mother, brother, and sister in law all share April 10th as a Bday.
When I visit Chicago I drop off my car 5 miles outside of downtown and walk into the city. I don't want to touch any form of transportation that has had contact with those wusy sububrbs./
I also make sure I'm not wearing tennis shoes with my skinny jeans.
What if you live downtown but take a train to the suburbs to work? Is there a rule book somewhere?
why not say "a suburb of DSM" or "just outside DSM".
Page 342. Section 22.1 (a)i : Any resident of downtown ("the loop") shall be allowed to claim Chicago as his/her home regardless of place of employment if ALL the following condition are met:
1. said employee takes "the el" a minimum of 8 times per week for business-related purposes
2. said employee pays rent or owns outright a place of habitation in "the loop". staying at a friend's place of habitation does not meet these requirements
3. said employee drives a personal vehicles fewer than 50 miles on average per week for non-business reasons.
Haha. Nice. Except that only the really rich live in "the loop" (and really poor).
Real Chicagoans live in neighborhoods . . . from which you must use the CTA to go anywhere.
In Chicago, people ask if you live on the north, west, or south sides . . . not if you live downtown.
People not using turning signals - drives me nuts when you are not sure if someone is going to turn or not so you wait and they turn without signaling when you could of made a move before they arrived at the intersection.
People that don't drive with their headlights on when it's raining, snowing, foggy, or dark out. I flash my lights at these people, some get it some just keep on driving.
People that don't pick up their dog's poop. Nothing more annoying than walking down the sidewalk and coming across dog turd or mowing your lawn stepping in some you didn't see. It's part of owning a dog, I don't care if he craps all over your lawn that is your choice but leaving it on someone else's property is just lazy and careless. Have a friend that did this when he took his dog out in public and we'd call him out on it if we saw it.
Idiots that drive down the street late in the night with the bass up so loud you can feel it in your home or in your car if you are driving near them. Even worse are the idiots that have their kids in the backseat that do this