4th Thing I Love About Chicago: Hatin' on the Suburbs - Brady

My dad recently wrote this column on whatsnewlaporte.com. He kind of disses on suburban Indianapolis types in it.

This reminded me of an old pastime Kevin and I used to indulge in that I like to call "hatin' on the suburbs." I am ashamed to admit that I really enjoyed it. This pretentious hobby involves ridiculing people who say they are "from Chicago" when they're actually from one of the wealthier surrounding communities, lecturing others on how soulless Applebee's and Target are, and generally feeling superior to others who live in a place so much less "authentic" than the city.

I realize now, maybe because of my growing respect for Fort Wayne, that there are good reasons to live anywhere and that it's uncool of me to look down on where others' live.

But...

I do LOVE Chicago and and LOVE feeling pride for where I live and will probably always secretly smirk, just a little bit, when I see Cubs fans or Christmas shoppers or theater-goers load on to the interstate while I stroll back to my city home.