[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=njtosd] So I will say it again – have you actually spent any time in any of the places that you so quickly dismiss?[/quote]

I know Bloomington, Indianapolis and Columbus, OH pretty well. Columbus, IN has some nice architecture.

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In other words, “no”.

The reason you have to add so many qualifications to the ridiculous things you say is that the sweeping generalizations that you would like to believe don’t exist.

Chicago isn’t that desirable? Let’s see, the best architecture in the country, the best orchestra in the country, one of the top five art museums in the country, some of the best restaurants in the country (according to Food and Wine, Chicago, Los Angeles and NY each have only one restaurant in the top 10 http://time.com/4360535/best-restaurants-2016-food-and-wine/), Second City (the source of pretty much everyone Saturday Night Live ever made money from), the University of Chicago (fourth in the world for Nobel prizes and 10 spots above CalTech), CBOT, Mercantile Exchange and actual MANUFACTURING rather than all of the funny money that exists on the coasts. Who’d want to live there?

Show me one, just one, study that backs up what you say. Your pronouncements are never very data driven – mostly Brian driven. And we know what you think – how about some facts?