Good advice, John. While I always rented a car when in Chicago on business
that was only for use in the Des Plaines area where I stayed. I seldom drove
into Chicago if my destination was accessible via public transportations.
Chicago has an excellent bus and train system, along with friendly helpful
folks just a phone call away to advise visitors on routes and times.
Another difficulty driving around Chicago and suburbs is the relative lack
of left turn lanes, rather disconcerting for folks from areas built around
automobiles. If you wait for a break in traffic, annoying drivers behind
you will honk. If you make a safe but determined effort to grab that left
turn in the face of oncoming traffic, they'll nearly always slow down to
accomodate you.
Or you can go the safe route and take nothing but right hand turns to get
there!
I've come to regard Chicago more as a big town than a city. Examples: A bus
driver who, after telling me which corner to wait at for a transfer,
realized his mistake, stopped the bus, opened the door and hollered back the
correct instructions; residents seeing me reading a city map offered help,
unasked, with directions and shortcuts; a subway security officer advised me
*not* to go alone at night to a particular blues nightclub, and instead
recommended some others that I could safely attend alone.
A great town, and the only cold weather place in the U.S. I'd consider
moving to!
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From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] chicago
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 11:32:33 +0000
At 12:33 7/23/00 , Peter Dixon asked:
Hi all
I'm off to chicago next weekend to see a couple of eygptology
exhibitions; while I'm there any picture-taking recommendations?
Pete
Pete,
Get a map of downtown Chicago with an exploded section showing the
waterfront. Park your car (when you find someplace to park it, and have
*money* for that)! There are not that many places to park around there;
most of the area was developed before automobiles, and that which followed
afterward was built before anyone but the wealthy could afford one. Walk!
-- John
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