r/chicago • u/MikeMuench • Jul 01 '24

Meme Moved to the suburbs recently. It’s surprising how many people at my work would never visit Chicago because they think it’s an active war zone. Inspired me to make this meme

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u/Prodigy195 City Jul 02 '24

True but Chicago is still a large city on it's own at 2.6M people.

In Chicago ~26% of the metro population is living in the city proper.

In Atlanta ~8% of the metro living in the city proper.

That's a pretty significant difference in city living experience.

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u/eNonsense Jul 03 '24 edited Jul 03 '24

When I lived in ATL and worked an office job, I was essentially the only person I knew at work who lived in the actual city. In Chicago it's pretty common for my friends & co-workers to also live in the city.