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Originally Posted by maru2501
Bourdain on Chicago...
“A metropolis, completely non-neurotic, ever moving, a big-hearted but cold-blooded machine with millions of moving parts — a beast that will, if disrespected or not taken seriously, roll over you without remorse”…
“It is also, as I like to point out frequently, one of America’s last great NO BULLSHIT zones. Pomposity, pretentiousness, putting on airs of any kind, douchery and lack of a sense of humor will not get you far in Chicago.”
Amen, brother.. RIP..
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This might be because whenever Chicago tried to put on airs, it got shot down, and got tough as a result. I need to dig up some quotes from
Devil in the White City, because there are some good ones... The one that comes to mind though is the way that the Infanta Eulalia of Spain, when visiting for the 1893 World's Fair, declined to dine with the Palmers of Palmer House fame. It was beneath her, a Spanish princess, to dine with a "lowly innkeeper's wife."