Chicago is good
Here are some reasons!
- Big cool lake
Occasionally when you tell someone from a coastal city that you're from Chicago they'll say something implying that Chicago isn't a "real" city because it's in the midwest. This is one of the easiest ways to weed out people who aren't worth talking to!
The weather is absolutely incredible in the summer. Everyone gets out and does as many things outside as they can. Then when winter comes people are 100% understanding if you turn into a hermit for awhile. "There's a below zero windchill" is a perfectly acceptable excuse for staying in instead of going to a thing you were invited to.
Very good food
Very good music scene
Very good museums
Very good architecture
People are generally very nice here but not so much that people are constantly trying to talk to me while I'm dissociating on the bus or picking up something at the store. The correct amount of nice!