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Chicago vs New York

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I've just walked two to three blocks looking for the Walgreens store which we first visited when arriving in Chicago. I've been into three Walgreens in two blocks and none of them were the one we first went into. Does this give you an idea how retail works in this town? All I can say is thank  Gordon Bowker, Jerry Baldwin and Zev Siegl that there's a Starbucks on every other block, so you can hop onto their Wi-Fi and find yourself.  Chicago is such a cool town. Man. Absolutely love the vibe. It's beautiful, stylish and so very colourful. Everything is happening at the same time, all the time, but I don't mind the sensory overload because it all turns into one moving piece of working art. Street art at Logan Square I think there may be a touch of bias at play if I compare it to New York. Most of my time spent in the big apple has involved jet lag. New York is New York, it's like nowhere else could ever be. I could go there time and time again - it r...