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Is chicago considered out of town?I never went there and I was just wondering….
yes..
No, Chicago is “in town”, because it is part of the New york metropolitan area.
NO!
PB- ha. riiiight.
No, Chicago is “in town”, because it is part of the New york metropolitan area.
Please tell me that you’re joking…
The Wolf
PBA joking? Never
obviously joking… isn’t the OP’s answer a ‘duh, yes’?! 😉
There’s a nerd river surrounding all of Chicago. Anyone who enters must pass it. IT ingrains all Windy City dwellers with nerdiness
Im sure the girl ur considering going out with will look lovely
well i dont think its so nerdy…i herd that after new york its the most in town…do u really even no anyone there to make such a judgment??/
I know lots of people from chicago, and there is not a normal person among them.
They are just like everyone else from the New York metropolitan area.
Stay away!!!!!
so ur saying that there not any differnat then us n.y”s?
Chicago people are very warm and friendly and full of Chesed. Does that make them nerdy??
Chicago people are very warm and friendly and full of Chesed. Does that make them nerdy??
Nobody said that is what makes them nerdy.
FL613:
Please don’t fall into this. You have no reason to defend Chicagoans. They’re fine people
Are Chicagoans looking forward to Rahm Emanuel after Boss Daley?
You have no reason to defend Chicagoans.
They’re fine people
I don’t understand.
Why shouldn’t FL613 defend them if they are fine people?
whoa, whoa, whoa! stop right there! ya know there are ppl on this site from chicago (i’m one of them and i’m proud of it!). lets back track. first of all: if you live out of chicago, then chicago is out of town. just like to us here in chicago NY is out of town- believe it or not! to us NY is out of town! (sorry, are you feeling a little put down? didn’t mean to cause you NYers any undue shame)
second of all, with this nerdy bit- watch what you say. hilchos lashon hara- even if its a joke, and even if its not about a specific person, but rather a group of ppl, its lashon hara.
i would like to say that FL613 is right (thank you, FL!) chicagoans are very warm and friendly ppl full of chesed at all times. we are open minded, welcoming ppl with a true love of torah, and as a side point we’re not (for the most part- i cant say this about every single person, but u’ll find it anywhere) we are NOT pressured to be like everyone else. there is less competition to try to be better than the next person and there is less of needing every new stupid thing that comes out. like i said, it’s not everyone, but most. I LOVE CHICAGO! my friends from OOT know that i never stop talking about how much i love chicago. its a really nice place! if you haven’t been here yet, you gotta come!
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You’re from Chicago?
You know the chofetz chaim said that you are not supposed to say lashon hara even about yourself!
did i say l”h. if i did, i didn’t realize it. tell me what i said. i wanna know.
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you said you are from chicago.
oh man! 🙂
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Yes! Everything outside of Yerushalayim is out of town.
the best science museum is there – so if it’s a matter of going to chicago – it’s worth it just for that; but don’t go if you’re a cohen (to the museum, i mean; but can still go to chicago). 😉
btw – there are a lot of NYers living in chicago. i am one of them. growing up in ny, i used to think ny was the ONLY place for frum ppl. well guess what? it’s not true.
when i got engaged, my boss at the time asked me if i’m really going to live in such a hick town as chicago!!!
Chicago is such a great city! There are so many different types of people that live in Chicago. And there are sooo many NYers and Lakewooders who have decided to move to Chicago because of the kollels Chicago has. Chicago has a special midwest warmth, but also the excitement of NY as well. And as someone correctly said before, Chicago is the next intown city after NY. Whenever any NYers come to Chicago, they are surprised how with it and un-nerdy Chicago really is. Its an awesome city!!!!!
>O<613
Are you trying to tell me that Chicago is like the city that never sleeps?
It really is scary just how twisted peoples’ minds can actually get when not trained by a competent teacher.
To think how many poor lost souls still think in 5771 that cities outside of NY might not be called “out of town”. Rachmana L’tzlan.
I can only hope that in shamayim they will have a din of tinok she’nishbah. ??? ????? ??? ????. We need moshaich already.
OK Derech HaMelech- I hope you are joking because if you aren’t, I’m not sure what to think… This whole NY outta town/In town has gotten a bit carried away. Don’t you think?
>O<613
i’ve been waiting for you candy! lets tell ’em!!!!!!!
btw, if ur wondering what there is to do in chicago:
many museums
aquarium
botanic gardens
buckingham fountain
shopping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
parks (all over the place)
bowling, golf
just to name a few. candy, help me out here.
oh yeah, and you can come visit me!!!!what would be better????
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so why don’t ya hop on over. and don’t stay at a hotel, we have hachnosas orchim apartments in the center of the jewish neighborhood right across the street from a shul, near the kosher grocery and bakery and pizza shops!!!!!!
There’s alot of ruach in Chicago.
“just to name a few. candy, help me out here.”
dont forget the cubs nothing quite like an afternoon at wrigley
To the grandmaster: Who is getting a better deal? We, the Chicagoans, that traded Daley for Rahm, or you members of the United States, that traded Rahm, as the chief of staff in the White House, for William Daley, Dah Mayor’s brother?!?
wow chicago is way cooler then i thought
I’ll say. Sometimes I wonder if it is really siberia.
well….it is called the “Windy City”
The best science museum is there – so if it’s a matter of going to chicago – it’s worth it just for that; but don’t go if you’re a cohen (to the museum, i mean; but can still go to chicago). 😉
Obviously you’ve never been to the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
you’re right haifagirl – never been to san francisco. (but, i’ve been to the chicago one many times).
you’re also right about anyone not living in yerushalayim is living “out-of-town”.
hey, i live in chicago! guess that means it’s not out of town:0) actlly, i like being oot, so never mind! but we’re cool! and it sure feels like it too… :0)
Come to west rodgers and you can visit me too 🙂 Also, Chicago’s awesome in that most people get along even with other Jews not the same exact hashkafa-we even had an achdus shabbos on touhy!
haifagirl – so, you’ve been to francisco. . .how ’bout Richmond? 😉
Just another tribute to Chicagoans – a whole bunch of posts praising our home town (hometown?) without putting down anyone else’s!!! GO US!!!
They brought in Eitan and Shlomo Katz who are a great example of achdus right there. Two brothers who have very different derachim in life but have so much respect for each other. Anyhow, they led davening in 4 different shuls over shabbos; on fri night, the ones they weren’t at didn’t have minyan so that everyone would go be together; an oneg they were at where many rabbanim of the shuls gave divrei torah and chizuk about achdus; and there were also shiurim from certain two Rabbanim which many people came to also; to top it all off as a bounus, there was talk/shiur from Rav Yona Metzger chief rabbi of E”Y at shalosh seudos attended by hundreds; it was truly incredible. Then to keep it all going, there was an initiative to make a siyum on Nach and Seder Moed collectively by members of all the shuls which just happened last week
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