“…figured I’d let you know Chicago might be a possibility for next year…”
So says a regular reader from Boston as he applies to PhD programs around the country (Loyola is in the mix). Clearly he must move to Chicago. We just need to give him a few good reasons why. I’ll start:
- We have a giant, metallic bean in a park downtown.
- All the cool kids are doing it.
- It might be !@#$-ing cold, but it’s not as !@#$-ing cold as Boston. (Except for days like today. And most days in winter.)
- Your odds of riding a subway car that might derail rise exponentially.
- We’ve got a really big lake. As an added bonus, the Coast Guard has agreed not to perform live-fire exercises on it. You will most definitely maybe not get shot on this lake.
- You can move to a town that’s equally as sports-obsessed as Boston. In a similar vein, you can still scream ‘go Sawks’.
- People don’t call a water fountain a ‘bubbler.’ They do, however, refer to ‘soda’ as ‘pop.’
- If you are willing, Mayor Daley would be happy to welcome you to the city by tattooing his name on your forehead.
- Kitsch’n on Roscoe.
- You will get to meet half the people who comment on this blog (which might not necessarily fall in the ‘plus’ column).
- You can live in a city that actually has a history museum. That sort of thing comes in handy when one is pursuing a history PhD.
- We still have at least three years left on Chicago’s version of The Big Dig.
- I need the money I will win from you in poker.
- Dunkin’ Donuts is rapidly taking over the city. You will feel right at home.
- More public transit delays than you could ever dream.
What else?