PUTOTO
Active Member
I took a short trip to Chicago a few days ago. I've saw and experienced a lot of things.
Here are my positive and negative impressions of Chicago.
Chicago, in comparison with Toronto,
-had a better and neater city planning than Toronto.It had a very nice riverside walk, an urban park in the great location, and nicely drawn N-S, W-E roads and subway lines stretches out to its suburbs.
Chicago looked to me like a very "handsome" guy.
-Chicago had a lot more impressive historic architecture and skyscrapers than Toronto. not only by the number or size, but it was truly a great city of art and architecture.
-The city had several levels(?) in the city like the street level, high way level, and the river level. This gave me the impression of massiveness.
-There was a very convenient subway line connects the city and O'hair int'l airport. It saved me a lot of time and unnecessary effort.
-Chicago River ruining through the heart of the city and skyscrapers nicely aligned along the river line were very nice.
-However Chicago was a bad place when it comes to the safety. I was told not to even walk around after sunset in many parts of the city.
-One interesting thing was there were many *black people begging at almost every corner of their downtown. There was no Asian beggars, no white beggars, no Hispanic or brown beggars.. but millions of black beggars.
-It seemed that the south side of the city is regarded as an unsafe area, and the north side is a safe one. I was shocked by that extreme segregation between black and white people there.
-I always thought TTC was a horrible transportation when it comes to the quality of service and facilities comparing to where I used to live, but Chicago's was even worse.
-People in Chicago were relatively unkind. e.g. they ignored me with about 5 times higher chance than Torontonians when I was asking for directions.
Yes, these were my impressions of Chicago when I was visiting the city.
Now, here are a few pictures that I took.
Here are my positive and negative impressions of Chicago.
Chicago, in comparison with Toronto,
-had a better and neater city planning than Toronto.It had a very nice riverside walk, an urban park in the great location, and nicely drawn N-S, W-E roads and subway lines stretches out to its suburbs.
Chicago looked to me like a very "handsome" guy.
-Chicago had a lot more impressive historic architecture and skyscrapers than Toronto. not only by the number or size, but it was truly a great city of art and architecture.
-The city had several levels(?) in the city like the street level, high way level, and the river level. This gave me the impression of massiveness.
-There was a very convenient subway line connects the city and O'hair int'l airport. It saved me a lot of time and unnecessary effort.
-Chicago River ruining through the heart of the city and skyscrapers nicely aligned along the river line were very nice.
-However Chicago was a bad place when it comes to the safety. I was told not to even walk around after sunset in many parts of the city.
-One interesting thing was there were many *black people begging at almost every corner of their downtown. There was no Asian beggars, no white beggars, no Hispanic or brown beggars.. but millions of black beggars.
-It seemed that the south side of the city is regarded as an unsafe area, and the north side is a safe one. I was shocked by that extreme segregation between black and white people there.
-I always thought TTC was a horrible transportation when it comes to the quality of service and facilities comparing to where I used to live, but Chicago's was even worse.
-People in Chicago were relatively unkind. e.g. they ignored me with about 5 times higher chance than Torontonians when I was asking for directions.
Yes, these were my impressions of Chicago when I was visiting the city.
Now, here are a few pictures that I took.
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