Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois is now famous for being the home town of President Barack Obama. After a news conference yesterday in Washington D.C. it is also famous for being much better at handling a snowstorm than the people of Washington. Mr. Obama, our forty fourth president said that even his children couldn’t believe that their school was closed due to snow, adding that would never happen in Chicago. Of course all of these comments were made with a smile; he really is trying to make a good impression on the other powerful politicians.

Chicago is one of the premiere destinations in the world for visitors, attracting in excess of forty million per year for both pleasure and business. Chicago has the Lake Michigan waterfront; where one of the nicknames of the city comes from. Known as the windy city the wind blows across Lake Michigan, in the winter bringing fierce ice and snow storms to Chicago and the surrounding area. The Lake Michigan waterfront is also the focal point of the local nightlife which attracts both residents and out of town visitors. For hotel, rental car, and other travel needs contact Besthotelsnow.com.

Chicago is the largest city in the state of Illinois, although it is not the capitol of Illinois. That honor falls to Springfield. Chicago has approximately two point eight million residents with the Chicago metro area which encompasses parts of three states has approximately nine and one half million residents. In number of residents Chicago ranks third in the United States behind New York City, New York and Los Angeles, California.

Chicago is easy to get to with interstate highway systems, and Amtrak trains serving the city, along with many state highways. Chicago has one of the busiest airports in the world ranked second in number of visitors behind the Atlanta  Ga. airport. Seventy million plus passengers fly in and out of O’Hare annually.

Chicago is a professional sports town with a professional football team, two professional baseball teams, and a professional basketball team. The Chicago Bears is the NFL football team. The Bears have been a championship caliber team for countless years and have had such great players as Rex Grossman as their quarterback. Rex played for the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida before joining the Bears and leading them to the Super bowl under Coach Lovie Smith. Lovie Smith also coached the Tampa Bay Buccaneers while Tony Dungy was the head coach in Tampa. That was before his years in Indianapolis where he won the Super Bowl beating his old assistant coach and good friend, Smith. The Chicago Bulls NBA was also a championship team for many years while the great Michael Jordan was delighting the fans in Chicago. Today the Bulls have Joakim Noah trying hard to match the exploits of Jordan. Noah played college basketball at the University of Florida in Gainesville Florida. During his time at Florida he was instrumental in leading the Gators to back to back national chapionships in 2006 and 2007. The Chicago Cubs are one of America’s favorite teams. They play professional baseball at Wrigley field which was made famous by Harry Carey, longtime announcer. During the seventh inning stretch he would lead the fans in singing “Take me out to the ballgame”.
Chicago is a major financial center with the Chicago Stock exchange, Board of Options Exchange, and the Mercantile Exchange all located in Chicago. Chicago is also home to many Fortune 500 companies including; Boeing, Allstate, Baxter, Abbott Labs, and Armour and Co.

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