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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
American society is designed so the rich people never have to experience the bad neighbourhoods. They don’t take public transit or send their kids to ####ty schools. They live in beautiful enclaves with nice houses, pools, green lawns, golf clubs, great schools, parks, restaurants, shopping. It’s not at all surprising that rich people prefer American cities to Canadian ones, because being better for rich people is the whole point of America.
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This is exactly why I laugh when people open their mouth and say who would want to live in Chicago. My response to them always is "Have you ever lived there and if you did/you're open to sharing- where did you live and what was your income?"
That usually shuts a lot of people up. Chicago is a world class city with probably the best restaurants in the US. Awesome shopping. It's on the lake so plenty of chances to get on the boats, plenty of bike paths, has the theatre, opera etc. The list keep going. Similar for New York. I just think Chicago is less crowded than New York and that's why I like it more.