r/BeAmazed • u/Super-Stevie117 • Aug 15 '26

Place Downtown Chicago is the most beautiful downtown in America 📍🇺🇸

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u/Fit-Actuator4194 Aug 15 '26

Lived there for a decade and it’s fantastic, I’d even call it underrated as far as us cities go (I work with a lot of international clients and it doesn’t seem to be on people’s lists really compared to New York and LA).

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u/bicyclecat Aug 15 '26

Underrated is a very fair description. I get why someone would choose NYC for a vacation if they’re into art or theater; the Art Institute is very good but can’t compete with seeing the Met and Moma on the same trip. But as a city, Chicago is beautiful, unique, and very livable. And a better vacation spot than LA.

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u/Quovadisdomi Aug 15 '26

I totally agree, but not with the very livable part. The winters feel distinctly unlivable to me.

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u/bicyclecat Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26

The experience of living in Chicago does include really questioning your life choices every January, but I still really liked living there and miss everything but the worst couple months of winter.

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u/JBerry_Mingjai Aug 15 '26

Unless you’re from the Twin Cities, at which point January in Chicago comes along and you’re thinking “this is what everyone’s complaining about?”