Comments on: A Public in Civility

By: All Roads Lead to Brooklyn | CHICAGO CARLESS

All Roads Lead to Brooklyn | CHICAGO CARLESS — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:47:54 +0000

[...] “I went to Chicago to find an apartment, and found a friend to drive whatever possessions of mine would fit into an SUV across the five state lines between here and there. And I never looked back.” August 24, 2006 [...]

By: At Home in the Flyover Zone

At Home in the Flyover Zone — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:51:53 +0000

[...] asylum from Gotham not to last more than a couple of years. Although I immediately recognized the finer points of Chicago and Chicagoans, I couldn’t help but pine for denser places (on either [...]

By: The Golden Ticket

The Golden Ticket — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:00:56 +0000

[...] the end, my old friend, florist-extraordinaire Brian Braddy asked to go. He drove me with a cat on my lap and my stuff all the way to Chicago from New York City in 2003, so I feel this [...]

By: Saudades of Things Past

Saudades of Things Past — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:11:45 +0000

[...] was getting it, starting to touch what Chicago is all about and why I found it so seductive that I gave up New York in almost record time to relocate here when I [...]

By: CHICAGO CARLESS

CHICAGO CARLESS — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:43:33 +0000

Sharpe as Attack

Impending moves breed future-flavored angst. Such it is with my upcoming move back home to New York City–how exactly does one say goodbye to a city as wondrous as Chicago? (No, really, if anyone knows I’m dying to know,…

By: CHICAGO CARLESS

CHICAGO CARLESS — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:12:28 +0000

You Can Go Home Again

(Photo: Can you find me in this picture? It took me almost 20 years.) Last week, I was at a loss for words. Try as I might to blog, nothing came. Nothing could. I was preoccupied with an unfolding…

By: verbalchameleon

verbalchameleon — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:25:09 +0000

First time here! I have to say, I am a Chicago transplant to NYC, and I marvel that my experience is so different. I’ve found NYers very likely to start chatting on the street, though they are probably less likely to jump to the aid of tourists. I think it has something to do with what part of NYC you’re in. Here in Long Island City (1 5 minute subway stop from Grand Central, but in Queens nonetheless), everyone talks to others on the street. My North Bronx neighborhood was similar. On the other hand, Upper East Siders seem unfriendly and snooty to me.

I once also had a terrible experience on a Chicago subway where I experienced my fellow Chicagoans’ complete disregard for a fellow human’s suffering, and perhaps that affects my impressions too. Would I move back to Chicago? Sure, any time. But I love NY too, and don’t feel any less love from NYers.