Summer Stupidity: CHICAGO (City Review!)
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- O Chicago, a city near and dear to my heart. And not just because I have a healthy respect for pizza that's functionally pie.
PATREON: / osp
MERCH LINKS:
NEW REDBUBBLE STORE - www.redbubble....
Shirts - OverlySarcasti...
All the other stuff - www.Cafepress.c...
OUR WEBSITE: www.OverlySarc...
Find us on Twitter / ospyoutube
Find us on Reddit / osp
1:34 as a native Chicagoan I can tell you with a great deal of authority that the only weather we have is winter and construction.
Agreed
Michigan gets Winter, Construction, and Tourists.
As a Minnesotan I second this.
As an Iowan, we have winter, construction and corn.
You do realize you're just speaking about Illinois. I live in the middle of Illinois it's still like that for us.
OSP: There is no Chicago accent possibly a conspiracy made by the Midwest,"
Me: *looks left*
Me: *Looks right*
Me: They are on to us!
The Chicago accent is for grandmas who live in Beverly and movies about al Capone
Ssshh. They'll never know if we abduct her now.
And she mentioned the cheap steak! How could you betray all our secrets like this Red?!? HOW?!?!?
dAAAH Bearsss!!
Just wait till she gets to Texas.
fun fact: The only city IN THE WORLD that has more Polish people living in it than Chicago is Warsaw the capital and biggest city in Poland
I can believe that. Pierogi fest is a thing here ( I live around Gary Indiana)
Everyone is black or Hispanic and the few white people are polish or irish
roselime.1345 All the non polish caucasians live in the Suburbs
I worked at the T-Mobile in the Polish heart of Chicago, Norridge. I was the only guy there that didn’t speak Polish. I could only help something like 1 in 16 customers that would come in because of the language barrier.
Heck yeah, half my friends growing up were Polish, Jewish, or both. Chicago and every suburb in the Chicago area always celebrates Pulaski Day! Roselime, Chicago and the suburbs consist of Black, Hispanic, Eastern European, Swedish, Irish, and a growing number of people from middle eastern countries and Asia. I would know, being born Chicago, living in Skokie, I'm part Swedish, Irish, Scottish, German, and Cherokee.
As a Chicagoan, I can confirm that everything she says is 100% accurate. (Never EVER dare call Sears Tower anything else, I stg)
We also have the Museum of Science and Industry, which is super interactive and therefore super dope.
im up by Milwaukee i need to take the train down to the museum of science and industry soon all i hear are good things
AmuletRebel
Nashvillians feel the same about the Batman Building and the Colosseum. I don’t CAAAARE~ what those places are called now ‘cause of buyouts! Which one actually sparks curiosity, huh???
(And...since there’s literally nada to do if you hate country music and don’t care to get drunk, we’ll take what we can get to make the place remotely interesting.)
Anonymous Fellow aw fuck i’m slightly underage and hate country yet i’m going there in 2 weeks, guess it’s time to die.
@@shoty4442 You absolutely do. I've gone there every summer since I was 10 (25 now) and it just got more interesting as I got older and could appreciate more nuance.
@@anonymousfellow8879 The Batman Building! I've heard of it, but I've never been to Nashville.
Sounds awesome though.
I live in Chicago and i can confirm that literally everything you said is very very true. (Navy pier is literal trash dont go. None of us do)
Eh, I got to drive a pirate ship once. 3/10, there’s some fun stuff to do if you can put up with the crowds and trying to get to the dang place (trafffic!)
Same. Chicago is the best, but Navy Pier is eh. You ever been to pequods pizza though? Best pizza in the city
My Mother was from Chicago,we'd often go there to visit family.Teenage me loved Navy Pier, lots of sailors paying for the amusement rides. Of course that was...OMG...55 years ago.
Reece Nijensohn lol you just gave me a reason to go downtown
True go to the Mexican history museum it's full of amazing things and it's free to go see
I’ve heard tons of people rant about Chicago’s crime rate, but I live in St. Louis, where every July and December we play a lovely game of “Gunshots or fireworks.”
You’ll never find a city in the US that’s more chaotic neutral.
Cici Anonymous *Baltimore has joined the chat
We play that game in Memphis, too.
Yeah especially North and East St.Louis
We play that game in Chicago
oh hey! wanna play for keeps? fun fact: fireworks echo, gunshots don't!
I could watch a review like this of every city. I get to travel vicariously and get some humor along the way.
@@DJman601
I
@UCXBsMITvV9R4v18QSdrGVWQ ko
.
50 biggest cities!
Red could give a review of Monowi Nebraska and I would still like it.
"Vicariously" that's a nice fancy word that I never heard before.
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses
Hit it!
Classic!
We're on a Mission from God
Avery The Cuban-American I see you everywhere. I guess we have the same tastes!
@@professorhistoire5349 gaylord, you want him to put a baby in you or something
Fun fact about the Chicago River: we had already polluted it enough by 1871 that when half the city caught fire it set the river on fire, which spread it to the other half of the city. So uh... all part of our master plan to fix the roads. We were just making a tactical accident.
Awesome Dabest and now you pollute your river every St Patricks Day.
@@notsure6187 gonna defend Chicago on this one that dye is river safe my friend
When are they gonna follow the restoring the river idea like Cleveland did with the Cuyahoga?
From someone who lives in Chicago, that’s the best and most accurate review of the place I’ve ever seen
Only one problem with it: she forgot to mention Italian Beef in the food review.
It is pretty accurate
Ohh no she’s figured out our longest standing joke the accent was the best thing we had going for us
Never thought anyone would understand chicago... Thank you... You make my city proud
@suna wukong wtf?
Watching the bit on crime and I'm thinking "Huh, this doesn't sound as bad as Baltimore..."
*Shows chart* Ahhh, there we go.
We're almost number one! Baltimore is eventually going to be number one in something!
We should sell T-shirts here that say "I visited Baltimore and I DIDN'T get shot!"
Shot by the corrupt police or shot by the gang members?
I... I don't think being number one in crime is something to strive for. But okay. You do you. LOL 😅🤷♀️
Being no.1 at something and immediately trying to cash in on it - a spirit of a true American.
@@lapisleafuli1817
is there a difference?
@@q345ify The cops get away with it.
Just for reference, if you grew up in the area where you wear layers for most of the year (northern US and Canada), you just get used to it and will go out in the middle of winter in shorts and a t-shirt (I’ve seen it and done it)
I've multiple times gone out in the snow barefoot to chase away the squirrels because they were annoying my dog
One day I'll go out naked.
If it's not windy I won't even bother with my coat for distances of less than a block (going to the neighbors, or walking through a parking lot to a store for example) unless it's below 10. That's not me trying to be macho or anything (I'm nonbinary so I don't really do that), it's just me being tolerant to the cold, even by the standards of Northern Midwesterners. I mean, you really don't feel the cold for the first 5 minutes, except for that first breath of cold air. It's only once your skin starts to actually cool down that it gets uncomfortable.
@@auroraourania7161 True, the feeling of cold on light clothing is honestly really nice for the first 15 minutes or so. Liken you're in a dramatic movie.
Ditto.
Addition for sightseeing: Adler Planetarium
Point 1: it's a planetarium
Point 2: It sits nicely on a peninsula that's for some reason called an island
Point 3: it has a nice view of both the Lake and of the skyline.
I always recommend going to the Adler to anyone who goes to Chicago, along with the more popular museums. It has, IMO, the best view of the skyline of anywhere other than on a boat, some great shows at the various theaters, interesting and interactive exhibits, and every now and then they open up the observatory to the general public to see the planets. There's a reason I volunteered there for my entire time in high school.
The Adler's theaters are top notch. Their shows are pretty interesting, both visually and in the information they contain. I'm a little biased since I helped in the early stages of production of one of their shows, but I highly recommend it. I also firmly believe that the Adler at night has the best view of the skyline in the city.
This
Been there, was Gorgeous, bought a Pi Day shirt that I wear every year. But I just remembered that I bought it there
Bonus: It’s the hometown of American hero John Mulaney. STREET SMARTS!
It's also the home of Second City where a ton of amazing comedians got their start
Thanks for the.... Fun facts
Also home to the only wizard you can find in the phonebook
From the Chicago area. Can confirm that we hate when people call the Sears Tower the Willis Tower.
Story about this: When they changed it to the Willis Tower I told my classmates, since I was in school, that I would keep calling it the Sears Tower because I was used to calling it that.
Everyone from in or around chi-town probably said that. But imagine of you never heard that that happened cause your parents still called it the Sears tower, and then you find out that it's Willis tower. You would just have an emotional breakdown or identity crisis
Why is it called the Sears tower? And what even is a "willis" tower.
@@matthewmoran3851 it is called the Sears tower because Sears had the naming rights Before it was renamed Willis tower due to floors being bought out by some people with the company name willis
@@roselime-bp8yd Okay, thanks for letting me know. Western Coast person I am.
@@matthewmoran3851 no problem
Can confirm the Sears Tower bit. And our seasons are really construction and construction with snow.
Jesus Christ, this made me actually burst out laughing. It's always either winter or months of construction and potholes.
I felt that so deep I got pothole flashbacks. 🤮🤣
As a Bostonian... yeah. Construction with heat or construction with snow. Or rain, and very rarely hail.
Oh, wait. And construction with traffic. That is also a very important season (known as literally any sports game).
This is very similar sounding seasons to Salt Lake City , snow, summer, construction
Ah yes the Midwest we have but only a few seasons winter( November through april, starting to be may) , spring ( mid May through mod May) , and summer( everything else)
But you know we will wear our shorts until mid Winter sometimes. And as soon as it warms up even slightly we only wear light jackets.
See's St. Louis is #1 on violance. Born and raised St. Louis boy shakes his head. "Yep, can definitely see that."
You guys are really good at hiding behind the rust belt cities.
St Louis and Baltimore are the most dangerous big cities. all the other cities in the top 10 are small.
Philly has almost as many murders as Chicago and doesn't even have gangs. If Philly had gangs it would be the most dangerous city in America.
Me: Maybe it has to do with how small the population is compared to-
Also me: East St. Louis is freakin' scary after dark! From what I've seen, that place is at least 50% abandoned warehouses!
@@shadie-cat i go every year for hospital stuff and as we were going to visit the arch we went down a back street and my first thought was "Ah so this is where the Waynes got shot"
Red: Complains about Chicago's bad weather.
Me: Laughs in Saskatchewan.
Jose Maria Garcia Mercado
...I’ll take lake effect snow any day over the south’s insistence on having droughts with 85% humidity AND 90 F degree weather.
Layers aren’t so bad. Dress smart, wear a scarf over your face, get good boots, socks, and gloves. (I went to college on the Other Side of Lake Michigan. Not exactly the same but close enough to at least get the Starter Pack)
Anonymous Fellow, Sound like summer time in South Dakota, but the souths winters aren’t plagued by ground blizzards
Jet The Bret
...OOF. Yet one more reason for me to Never Go To South Dakota 🤣😂🤣
(I had a pastor growing up where just about every sermon was some horror story about South Dakota. Generally their winters, but still LOL)
Oof my dude , I feel you
You must be the only one named Jose in all Saskatchewan
I’m from Chicago, and I laughed out loud at the idea of thinking O’Hare is nice. I have a strong memory of nearly missing two different flights due to short staff. Then I remember flying out of New York and having my flight delayed seven hours and I realize it ain’t to bad for me
I kind of want Red to review Pheonix and just see our *HEAT*
I totally want her to review Phoenix! I went there recently and it was actually not horrible heat wise? I’m used to St Louis’ 100 degrees WITH humidity to the point of feeling like you’re underwater
@@cambriadaW I am over near Pheonix and its a joke that people are on fire as they're here, but it is actually really nice ussually.
I want Red to review Nashville: HEAT, HIGH HUMIDITY, Terrible!!! Transit (and getting runover by scooters), and literally not much to do but get drunk enough to actually enjoy the terrible amateur live country music.
...I mean, we do have a *few* art museums and a symphony hall, and a place for Other Troupes to perform at, and a few sports stadiums??? Buuuuut...that’s legit it.
I recommend the zoo, botanical gardens, and visiting the Downtown Library. The parks are okay, but the good ones for actual hiking are waaaaayyyyy away. Like, a day trip to/from so not really able to be claimed loosely by the Nashville Area.
(Allegedly the city’s growing, but seems to be putting in expensive housing and yet MORE bars...joy.)
At least it’s a dry heat and you can’t feel like the air is suffocating you because of 96% humidity. Count your blessings my friend.
Violet Smith
I once traveled to Lebanon and Jordan aaaaannnnnd...YEP. I very much preferred Jordan’s dry heat over Lebanon’s humid heat. Thought I was gonna die when we switched back to Lebanon after almost a week in Jordan before flying back to the States.
Humid Heat is so freaking suffocatingly soupy! (And still burns just as bad, and your sweat pours vs evaporating and actually cooling you. You know...it’s actual job. You still wanna hydrate either way, but guess which one actually makes me sick despite growing up in it? 😂)
"Why would anyone live where the air hurts your face"
Ever been to Finnland or Norway? The country and nation makes up twice for the little pain by cold air.
Finnish native; we were born there, so it hurts a little less? The coffee takes the edge off everything.
Teava Hamilton I thought the hard liquor did that
Chicagoan. Hot air hurts our faces. It's a lot more comfortable to be cold and get warm than to be warm and to get cold.
What? No mention of Italian Beef in the food section?!
That sandwich, right there, is the _real_ signature of Chicago.
“If you feel safe visiting Baltimore...”
I don't
For the record, Chicago is *not* the most diverse city in the US. That honor goes to Houston, which trades off the honor of being the most diverse city in the world with Toronto on a regular basis.
Houston also has the cheapest ecstasy at 3 dollars (I hear)
And here I thought it was LA...crud
CasualNotice
Yeeeaahhhh, but Chicago’s easier to actually navigate and has decent transit (aside from the stabbing). While Houston? Uhh...one quadrant is literally the size of one or two regular cities and takes at least 45 min to pass through depending on traffic and tolls.
Chicago subways Anyday.
Can you source that? I am genuinely curious because I wonder what definition of diverse your source uses. About half of the residents of Toronto were born outside of Canada and I know that Houston does not even come close tho that. And neither come close to some major cities in Eurasia that are 70%-80% immigrant and have no ethnoracial groups larger than 25%
Suddenly Houston makes more sense to me. I will say, ever time I go there it grows on me. Still hate driving in that town tho.
I like Sears tower. It has the High Ground.
Tbh I was prepared for anything to make me feel bad about my city or make me lose my faith in my city I live in because red was reviewing it but surprisingly my feels are just just fine. Thank you for not hurting my feels. :)
Overall review 12/9 would hear another review again
“Wears 3 layers 9 months a year”
Chicagian in shorts and sleevesless early December: “oh please you call this cold.”
(Bane voice) We born in cold, molded by it....
Used to live there for a few years, all I remember was the snow and that they call soda "pop".
I call it soda pop
I’m one of the few chicagoans that call it soda and I get bullied because of it
Zaxor Von Skyler
Well to be fair, them calling soda “pop” is waaaaayyyyy better than southerners calling soda “coke” (and also acting like coke-coke is the only soda to ever exist aside from pepsi and you and your dog are disowned if you dare order a pepsi. And both camps give you sideeye for ordering a rootbeer or dr pepper instead. ‘Course almost everyone sticks to water, now, ‘cause of price&health reasons...so that mostly ended the debate. Until iced tea and sweet (iced) tea get mentioned. Then it starts all over again)
@@jrwhit1301 That's funny. I've lived my whole life and have literally never _once_ heard anyone call it pop. It's always soda.
@@PhoenixBlazer39 Midwest thing. I grew up in Jersey, solid soda country, but family is from Ohio. They call it pop. I can't do that. I moved to the south, that was an odd few months where I went from saying "use guys" to "y'all". I said "use'all" which felt like snakes and roaches were crawling out of my mouth every time I said it to the point I practiced saying "y'all" to avoid it.
“Why does anywhere live where the air hurts their face” *laughs in Midwestern*
There are also fewer wizards than a certain book series would have you believe. :P
(Seriously; if you haven't read "The Dresden Files" go do it now.)
...have you been to Wicker Park?
Hey, don't dis Harry like that do you want to piss off Waldo Butters, the Carpenter's, & the Alphas or Karen? I hope not. Plus, Harry is a good man & the Winter Knight. You don't upset Maeve like that, do you?
Also, what about Eric Carpenter in LA or Kate Daniels in the ATL?
Chicago: 0/10 where are the wizards?
Stars and stones...
@@partlyfire in the Yellow Pages under "Wizards". Everyone in Chicago knows that & knows about Harry.
I’m from Chicago and I didn’t know we have an accent
We don't really. Apart from some colloquialisms, it's honestly damn near accentless.
Technically every human capable of speech has an accent
@@acheerfullittlenerd9000 Technically, although there point I intended to make was that Chicago doesn't really have a noticeable accent compared to most of the US. Especially in comparison to New Yawk and the south.
PhoenixBlazer39 the only way to differ a non-Chicago person from a Chicago person is how they pronounce Chicago
I live 2 hours from Chicago, it has the Field Museum with a huge T-rex names Sue. I once stayed the night there in the time walk, it was dope
Shed Aquarium is nice too if they haven't changed it since I last went
Error 404 Not Found I was just about to write that. It’s a really great place.
@@moonwatcherwof2685 that's why I plan to move there after college, I stayed there with my aunt and her boyfriend for a week and everything but the day we left was amazing
0-AstralDreams-0 they actually moved sue out of the lobby of the natural history museum. She has her own private showroom now
Shedd
Thanks for talking about my hometown and starting with a mention of the pizza in the description. You haven't been to Chicago until you've tried Chicago style deep dish.
Ah thank you for this information. Also, are there any domes in Chicago? Just asking for a.........friend.
Professor Histoire There actually is a beautiful domed synagogue, it’s right across from Obama’s house
Yes yes there are some domes
There is a bean
I feel like I've been lied to my whole life that Chicago is worse than it is and now I want to hop on an Amtrak and go there
“Why would you live somewhere where the air hurt your face”
GURL. If this ain’t my life in BUFFALO. I dare you to go through a Buffalo winter. Theres a reason i risked never seeing my friends and family by moving down south.
1:48 Speaking as a Milwaukee native, it would feel weird to live someplace where the air _dosn't_ hurt your face.
And yes, the weather here is truely bonkers. I walked my dog in shorts one day and drove my car home in snow the next.
...I grew up down south. I actually prefer wearing a scarf over my face over the southern heat&humidity (whyyyyyy both at the same time?! AND a drought with it?!) Any Day 😂
Lake effect snow can do that to ya
Cleveland resident here. I think this pretty much applies to every city along the Great Lakes.
@@Antidragon-nl7by "Fuck, gotta shovel at 6am. Fuck, it's too warm for my hoodie after work why did I bring this. Fuck, the air turned to ice halfway through my walk home and I froze to death.
I once played with our high school band in the Field Museum, was a surreal experience
That's so cool!
Yeah I'm one of the very few citizens of Chicago that like ketchup on their hotdogs.
Also tip for tourists: please don't tell us it's cooler by the Lake. We know. And we've heard a million times.
it's more of an exclamation of astonishment and congratulations, take it as a compliment. as an east coast native, all of our pre-electricity cities were built on the water to power mills n transportation so our riversides n harbors are all dumpy warehouses, railbeds, power stations, n the successors to toxic industrial grounds such as sprawling car dealerships n highway interchanges. living in one of these cities is a daily lament that 10 miles of meandering riverside property has only such eyesores, zero homes and only a couple hundred feet of dangerous pedestrian park, no beach and a regional sewage treatment plant.
guard your lakeside jealously
Huh, a ketchup unicorn. Cool
DandelionDoodle calm down, its just ketchup
@@Plutonix_5 Just ketchup? JUST KETCHUP? I guess Al Capone was just a gangster then? I guess love is just an emotion.
That's something you keep in private and only do at home.
I hope you do one about Houston
*spoiler*
Transportation is like 3/10 There is no reliable public transport outside of downtown. You need to own a car to get around all parts of Houston.
LaZella from what i’ve read in these comments it’s a 1/10 and driving is also horrible
Went to Houston for three weeks in 2017 with no knowledge of how to drive whatsoever, can confirm that waiting for the bus there is its own circle of Hell.
it's more like Los Angeles
Isn't that every Texas city?
1:47 and once more Red accidentally gut punches us with how stunning her squishy human self is in real life
It's a city that's exciting. It's a city that's inviting. It's a city for a woman just like mee!
There's a lake they call Lake Michigan
I think I'm really fitting in
This city. It's my perfect cup of tea!
lmao
Deuce Moncura
It's a reference to a Nick show called Victorious. In an episode, one of the main characters writes and performs a one woman musical about her new life in Chicago.
"Because you heard the air in Chicago is 27% bullets by volume"
This one. This one got me.
This series has quickly become my favorite thing on this channel.
I'm floored 🤣 Thanks Red! Also, as Chicago born and raised, I can't tell you how happy I am that you mentioned about why the city is on a grid! Not many talk about it at least to my knowledge and it made me proud. Good show!
I dunno, write your own Blues Brothers reference.
This video was uploaded minutes ago how in heck did you comment SIXTEEN hours ago?
@@Starflower626 -Time traveler?
Wait, you /like/ O'Hare airport? Red, you have had a very different experience with that place than I have.
I got stuck there overnight because of a blizzard. Goddamn it was cold. I don't think they even heat the building.
@@WouldntULikeToKnow. I got a 2 hour delay on a flight because the baggage door FROZE OPEN. I didn't even think that was possible.
I was thinking the same. Like, what parallel universe O'Hare did Red go to? I don't think I've met security more paranoid and rude than in O'Hare. 🤔🤷♀️😅
I know right? I only fly through O'Hare when absolutely necessary (or some dumbass friend/family member decides to go there). Midway is much better as it's smaller, easier to navigate, and flights are generally on time.
I've had much better experiences with O'Hare compared to other major US airports like LAX or Newark.
Also our taxes suck ass. But god dammit the water here is amazing
Of course our taxes suck. All those settlements to victims of police brutality aren't going to pay themselves. What do you expect, the cop retirement fund to cover it? Seriously, we've paid out over a billion dollars because the CPD likes violence too much.
No one ever talks about the water I think it’s our most well kept secrets
Fun Fact: Boston *did* improve it's roads during it's fire. It was just That Bad before... and they rebuilt fast so didn't do the planning for a full layout.
Please, do the legend of Orion I wanna how Artemis fell in love for him
cause she temporarily forgot her ancient mantra of Men Ain’t Shit
Ah yes, my home city.
Now let's see Red absolutely verbally destroy it.
She was actually very kind
Bruh. I'm going to Illinois today. Perfect timing.
Have fun! Check out the museums if you can
"why does anyone live where the wind hurts their face" * lives in Minnesota *
A true Minnesotan often asks that question every winter. That polar vortex was brutal, -60F.
kokonut - my grandma 👵🏾 in Chicago was worried about when it happened.
Illini here, went from -50F to about 50F within a 28 hour time period. It was wild to go from "death by freezing in minutes" to "break out the shorts and light jackets guys."
@@stephenflint3640 I feel like spring never truly exists in the upper midwest lol. Man 100 degree difference. That's brutal.
This reminds me of the time it was snowing (around 35F) in May and it jumped over 100F within 8 days. That wasn't as brutal of a difference comparatively, but I definitely got sick from that temp change. Hope that everyone didn't get sick around you guys.
Thanks now I can show this to my mom to persuade her that I’m not going to die
"Less a city and more of a very loose network of very different neighborhoods"
*laughs in Los Angeles*
Looks at Los Angeles. Laughs in *Riverside*
Ha. We're just one giant, contiguous strip mall and an endless bumper-to-bumper stream of cars looking for a place to park
@NATIONALIST #PATRIOT true. It's to the point where if I go to the Hispanic part of LA, it's like visiting Mexico but with the occasional black/Asian person.
4c1dr3fl3x
Wait riverside CA?
I am inordinately proud that my home city got such a good review.
Can't wait to see your review on St. Louis! :D
As a long time resident of the Chicago area this is most unbiased review of the city I have ever heard.
As someone who has lived in Hyde Park her whole life I will say that the north siders only know us as “ the good part of the south side” aka where all the white transplants go to say they went to the south side once and lived. PS thank you for the accurate description of my city!
The Chicago accent does exist it just pops up whenever tbh
1:48 Speaking as a Milwaukee native, it would feel weird to live someplace where the air _dosn't_ hurt your face.
And yes, the weather here is truely bonkers. I walked my dog in shorts one day and drove my car home in snow the next.
The idea of it being warm in January sounds like some kind of Twilight Zone alternate timeline to me
@@acheerfullittlenerd9000 The above story was actually from early March of this year. We've had snowstorms as late as April
As a Chicagoian I can neither confirm nor deny that the air is 20% bullets.
The Museum of Science and Technology and the Newseum of Journalism are both AMAZING. Like, /AMAZING/ amazing.
We went to Chicago once when I was 14, because Dad had a work conference and the rest of us went "yay, tourism!" But, Mum was kinda freaking out because she had to find something to interest two INCREDIBLY different children for four days. Both museums, Mum (then in her 50s), my brother (then age 10) and me (F, then 14), we all LOVED and spent hours upon hours in each.
Still the best museums I've ever been to, with the possible except of the Smithsonian Aeronautics and Space Museum.
It's weird how all the past four videos have been about cities.
I need more mythological and history Memes.
They're doing it as a dumb fun summer series
as a new englander, what i really enjoyed about chicago - birthplace of the skyscraper - was the architecture of the magnificent mile.
also, boston's streets are still like that because it'll take more than a catastrophic fire to make 'em change anything. see also, fenway park
Hey hey I live by Chicago! Please do the Persephone myth in greater detail and I love your videos!
"Why does anyone live where the air hurts their face"
Me, a Canadian: *nervous sweating* It's not cold all the time... *mumbles* just most of the time.
Thumbs up for a review of the rogue state of Miami. ;)
"If you feel safe visiting Baltimore I've got some bad news." I live in Baltimore. We know.
Something about he had it comin’.
He only had himself to blame-
If you'd have been there...
@@PhoenixBlazer39 if you'd have seen it
I’m absolutely digging this city review shenanigans. I wish I could single handedly finance y’all visiting every city on this earth.
As a fellow Chicagoan, 100% accurate.
Just for accuracy sake, there has never been a tornado in the city of Chicago nor in any of its suburbs as of recently.
I'm in the suburbs, about an hour out, and we had a tornado just a few years ago
I honestly love living here and there's a lot more too do than just the sight seeing aspect, make some friends here that know their way around, it's great to find some hidden gems.
I went there once for my 8th grade end-of-the-year field trip, went out in a boat on Lake Michigan under equally steel gray clouds, and stayed in the nicest hotel 15 year old me had ever laid eyes on. They have the best trains ever and I will never forget the happy hours I spent exploring a fantastically roomy one a year later on our way through half the continental US to the coast for a military hop to Scotland. Amtrak wasn't nearly as fun and that ride lasted fifteen hours. I had to spend the night sitting up straight.
Midwest accents are mostly comprised of "ope" and lots of ranch dressing references, so yeah. Anybody can do it.
And Chicago accents are mainly defined by HOW you say Chicago.
@@moonwatcherwof2685 I've never heard anyone here say chi-CA (as in cat)- go.
Except for Minnesota. I have friends from there that are basically exactly like the stereotypes.
I read a post about the "ope" thing a while back and it shocked me because . . . doesn't . . . doesn't everyone do that? Maybe not, maybe it's just us
And -30F windchill. Don't forget the -30F windchill.
This was amazing! Also you looked so pretty in the snow!
I would love to see one of these of Philadelphia but unfortunately the chances are very low of that happening.
dogs forever why is there a low chance of that? it's the 5th biggest city in the US.
I remember seeing a post about Chicago, "Chicago: come for the food, stay because you got murdered"
First off, this video is fantastic! I love your stuff, please keep making it!
As one who has been to Chicago several times (Living only 1 1/2 hours away means that it's basically a day trip for me and I have a lot of friends there), everything in this video is 99.9% accurate. 1 thing you left out (probably because you didn't have to deal with it) is that while driving is fairly nice, parking is an absolute crapshoot and will probably cost money unless you're willing to park anywhere from 5 blocks to about a mile away from where you actually want to go.
I live near Detroit, you’d be surprised there are actually good areas! Please review it! Our opera house is gorgeous!
Seconded! The DIA’s also quite nifty, and the Redford Theater’s not in the best part of town, but is a cool venue with fascinating history.
As someone who's traveled around allot growing up no city in the us is as bad as Tucker Carlson, and Ben Shapiro typed make them out to be. Big cities have a larger concentration of crime and homeless people because they have a larger concentration of people in general, and poverty is actually far worse in rural areas like the Appalachian mountains. Generally speaking poverty came first when car manufacturers decided to higher sweet shop workers and robot's to replace us workers, then the people living in these cities elected people who give a fuck about the poor, not the other way around as so many people like to make it out to be. You know they're grasping at straws when they're talking shit on Seattle and Boston. Right ring pundits just like to cherry pick data out of context to "own the libs" and it's sad how many middle aged people who've never left there suburbs fall for it.
And then you stumble into downtown Detroit and sees the eye of sauron (aka GM headquarters) surrounded by abandoned buildings. Or at least, from an Ohioan's (like me) perspective.
Rodanguirus have you ever been to the Fox Theater?
Hey, as a Bostonian, our roads are so crooked because we love confusing tourists indirectly. Also, as a native, you learn your way around. As a tourist, you do not, and you are doomed to be confused and lost forever.
Also, most residents are college students, and they live there for pretty much the whole school year except to get food. They get takeout and then leave to go back to their respective campuses.
Sadly the transformers came before I moved here :( Also you forgot to mention the second “don’t call it this you’re technically right but nobody cares.” That would be the Cloudgate, AKA the Bean
I might be getting relocated to Chicago for work and this actually made me feel a bit better about that. So thanks!!
Christopher Lokey it’s f un
I went to the bean one time and a couple got married there
Aw that's so cute!
Living in the crime capital and tiny rival to the only actually big city in the Midwest I do always appreciate the fact that it's far away enough to not have influence over here but close enough to justify driving to for certain events
My city was done justice today. Thank you.
you explained the weather here so well. the winter is like a huge long cargo train and the summer is a quick Metra
Hey. I'm a fan and I like red's drawing style with the mythology stories and everything. Keep up the great videos; they've made my day several times. (I've commented here as the 282nd viewer for the sake of it)
Being in upstate New York is nice because the weather is like Chicago minus the tornadoes
As a Chicagoan, this is accurate. 10/10 for bringing up the ketchup on a hotdog debate although we all know it's a sin...
I say it's acceptable when you're a child but once you're a teenager if you put ketchup on your hotdog you're ruining a perfectly good hot dog
I will FiGhT you on that.
Mayo on the buns, ketchup and mustard:
Best hotdog you'll ever eat
@@emsterachu Nah you got it wrong the best hot dog has mayo, deli mustard, and grilled onion
Late, but I will put in the most chaotic hot dog (aka the most delicious) combo: sauerkraut, thousand island dressing, chopped onions, and sliced/diced pickles.
Red: Why would anyone live where the air hurts their face?
Me: Because big venomous snakes are scarier. And I have the heat tolerance of chocolate on a car dashboard.
If you have an issue of attracting mosquitoes... Chicago will have em in spades.
Ticks also, if you go into the forests or prairies
I hope you get to Madison, Wisconsin. It’s a very nice city and my home town. Also, make sure to be there on a Saturday morning to visit the farmers’ market around the capitol building and take a walk down State Street.
Plz do Phila. I want to feel bad about my home city.
Chicago is fantastic. I visited a few years back and I've never stopped loving that city.
I always thought all of Chicago was crime ridden because that is where most of the Illinois politicians come from.
Keep these up, they're consistently freakin' hilarious. :D
BTW, I only live where the air hurts my face (Montreal) because it means less creepy crawlies for most of the year, and also it's a pretty nice city where all my friends live. Otherwise, I'll complain all the live long day about our 6 months of face-hurting winter, our 3.5 months of scorchingly unpleasant summer, our 1 month of crap rain and slush and the 1.5 months of Autumn where the weather is actually reasonable.
Did I immediately click? Yes
I miss your regular stuff, but dayum, I really like this series.