I recently visited New York a couple weeks ago and couldn’t help but compare the most populated American city to our fine city (third most populated in the U.S.). I performed no research and am expressing my clear perspective & opinions on some contrasts that most always wonder…”how does Chicago measure up to NYC?” NY [...]
Chicago: Is MMA tougher than the NFL?
Recently, I got into this ridiculous argument with a friend who I constantly get into pointless, farcical arguments with. Our arguments usually fall into the football vs. some evil force (I usually defend the evil force). The latest one has been perpetuating for far too long. The argument is over the question: Which sport is [...]
Hidden Gem: Murphy’s Red Hots
Hello fellow Chicago style hot dog enthusiast, I would like to spread the word on a place that fellow Average Chicagoan Co-Founder Jon Pirc and I really enjoy, Murphy’s Red Hots at 1211 W Belmont Ave. In a case of complete coincidence, we stopped into Murphy’s due to the always beautiful Vienna Beef sign glowing [...]
ANDY MARTIN: Best GOP candidate for U.S. Senate (IL)?
With the primaries quickly approaching and regardless of outcome, The Brown Line column at TheAverageChicagoan.com fully endorses Andy Martin as the republican candidate for Senator Henry Burris’ U.S. Senate seat representing Illinois. We, including column founder Melvin T., believe in order to achieve the change our great city and state needs—a politician fighting for causes [...]
A Crime of Opportunity
As a user of the CTA, have you ever stopped and thought about how much you spend on transit weekly or even monthly? In these times, I’m sure you have. I graduated from Columbia College Chicago in 2007; during my time there I was provided a CTA U-Pass, a master key to all that is [...]
Chicago’s Ultimate View
Hello my fellow Average Chicagoans, I hope you are keeping up on the great perspective we have provided so far on the Entertainment Scene in Chicago. On that note, I wanted to give a critique of the Will… sorry, Sears Tower Sky Deck. Waiting in line you got the sense that it may take half [...]
Chicago Public Transit becoming UNSAFE for Mobile Electronics Users
Over the past few weeks, an increasing amount of robberies have been committed on a few CTA trains and buses. The thefts were mainly of the popular Apple iPhone, iPod, and other mobile electronics; such as smartphones and mobile gaming devices. A few of the robberies were armed but many involved robbers watching oblivious iPhone [...]
Three Things I’ve learned from this winter season so far
Now that it has been finally stopped snowing and all of Chicago’s various advisories and warnings have been cancelled, I thought it be nice to recap a couple of lessons learned from, not just the past couple of days, but the winter so far. 1. If I see a single snowflake I instantly double my [...]
Chicago Fun Facts
All too often we as Chicagoans forget the great history of our fine city. We look at New York and Los Angeles and somehow feel inferior due to our lack of contribution to American history. Some of these facts should help you regain your national pride and help you remember that Chicago truly is America’s [...]