i have come to the conclusion that chicago is not a true city. went last weekend with the boy, spent most of the time just walking around getting all three layers of skin blown off our faces. it's not really a city because it's so clean . for the five or six hours we spent downtown, i saw one piece of trash. one. uno. un, yi, ya. it is not possible to have that many people living in one spot and not have trash and dirt and scum on the streets and sidewalks. even the alleyways were clean! oh, and all of chicago's bums are fake. they only come out at night because they have real jobs during the day. and some of them get money by pretending to be sick or pregnant. fakes, all of 'em.