Kolek planning to go pro
Can Chicago still afford to mend or replace its flag when necessary?
I am confident that the city has a department with a couple of dozen employees whose only job is to keep an eye on the flag flying over the city. And that they are all relatives of Richie Daley.Mike Madigan
Down 1 w 5 seconds left. Doable.
Do other cities even have flags? I can't think of one.
Exactly. Saw a hilarious video online where there’s actually (kinda) a movement to have bankrupt Illinois dissolved from the Union and geographically absorbed by WI, IA, IN, and KY. The good/bad news is that WI gets to claim Chicago and points south. The former mayor gets to keep a recalcitrant enclave known as Rahmania, while Madiganistan retains the Chicago flag.
Exactly. Saw a hilarious video online where there’s actually (kinda) a movement to have bankrupt Illinois dissolved from the Union and geographically absorbed by WI, IA, IN, and KY. The good/bad news is that WI gets to claim Chicago and points south. The former mayor gets to keep a recalcitrant enclave known as Rahmania, while Madiganistan retains the Chicago flag.I knew a couple people at MU who proudly hung that stupid flag in their dorm room. I’m from there, and maybe it’s just self-loathing, but I don’t understand the fascination with that city.Milwaukee needs to revel in its not-being-Chicago uniqueness, not seek to try and measure up to it.
from the City, near burbs with el access or sit on the metra for ages to get to the city? Because that'd help explain it moreso than self loathing. I will say it's funny how little of the city people, who proudly boast about Chicago, have actually explored.
From the northern burbs, and I will admit that I don’t utilize Metra enough, because even with delays, it beats the Edens/Kennedy slog. I am an interesting case, in that I absolutely love driving cross-country...I have driven to Vegas and even California multiple times. But put me in Chicago traffic and I am pulling my hair out. In addition to traffic, I think the search for any parking, not just affordable parking, sours me on the city. You’ve spent all that time in bumper-bumper...now you’ve got to work to park your frustrations, and you’re supposed to be enjoying your excursion. I know, I can be a head-case...lol.
Parking no longer an issue. SpotHero works incredibly well in the City. Easy to use the app, easy to find parking, and discounted (still too expensive of course).
When the hospital moved to Streeterville in 2011/2012, they also gave up operation of the structure. There was still the ticket booth, but the gates were always up. I thought it would be a temporary oversight, but for a good 4-5 years, until developers took over the area to redevelop, it was a free structure. It was also never full cause people didn't realize. I parked a car there for 2 weeks straight one time and checked on it once. I was living in Old Town and if people visited me, I would have them park there and just Uber to me or I'd come pick them up. It was super clutch.
Wow. I would have been scared to death to try that. Worried I end up fishing my car out of some hellhole like Lincoln Towing.