15 REASONS WHY CHICAGOANS ARE TOUGHER THAN NEW YORKERS

REBOOT ILLINOIS
JUN 4, 2014

Yea they call us the Second City–but make no mistake, we’re number one. Here are 15 reasons why Chicagoans are tougher than New Yorkers! (Though really, we could go on.)

1. Chi city sounds tougher than Big Apple.

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2. We put our trash where it belongs–in the the cans, not the streets.

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3. We don’t need our teams to win to love ‘em.

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4. The Chicago River is dyed green on St. Paddy’s Day – the Hudson is not.

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5. We survived Chiberia…

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6. …and Snowmageddon.

7. We can handle our basketball star being injured every season.

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8. We keep our tourists in line. NYC tourists clog up Time Square.

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9. Chicagoans handle 10 months of winter and 2 months of constructions.

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10. Our ex-governors do hard time. Their ex-governors write books.

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11. Potholes.

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12. We do the Polar Plunge…just ask Jimmy Fallon how tough that is.

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13. NYC has 2 hockey teams …but who were defending Stanley Cup champs this year??

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14. We can handle the daily 30 degree weather changes.

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15. And ya know…Capone.

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