Chicago?..the windy city
As I walk down the alley and the shadow of death..
I take a look at my life and realize this myth
That is what the hip hop stars have to pen about big cities as Chicago?
But well, it all depends on how u want life to manifest itself. It is all a question of choice.
People from all walks of life come over here in Chicago.
Near downtown Chicago....you will find lots and lots of skyscrapers.
You may also chance upon seeing the tall SEARS TOWERS and the red radar on top of it? making it taller.
On the Lakeshore drive, one cannot possibly miss the penthouse of Miss Oprah Winfrey. It is the top penthouse with purple lining?
Seeing is believing??fast life??...faster cars?
Taller than sky buildings..
But then that is just the lakeshore drive near downtown Chicago
Take a turn towards the ?devon street?.
And guess what?? An area totally dominated by people from the Indian subcontinent..
You will find so many Indian shops. Rather, it is safe to say that u should try hard to find a complex or shop of any white American.
Indian food, Indian clothes, people selling all Indian stuff.. everything from groceries to Indian stainless steel utensils. There are two languages prominent over there?Gujrati and Hindi.
Real desi stuff and real desi people. Straight out of Dehgam and Viramgam.(only my gujju friends will get the pun).
The smaller streets in devon are named..as ?mohammed ali jinah way? , ?gandhi road? Etc. Amazed???? Don?t be?...because , certain parts of Chicago will make u feel like u are taking a stroll in amchi Mumbai ?s some gali(street) the Subway trains over there will definitely remind you of the Gujrat mail or Shatabdi express. The same level of cleanliness, the same amount of people. Ditto.
And for the food lovers?.you are bound to find a place to eat ?panipuri and bhaajipaav? at every corner.
Come a bit far away like down to Woodbridge area or Naperville and you will find the part which constitutes most of the USA. Lots of greenery , albeit ?whitery? in winters. But the same old food chains named ?subway?, ?mcdonalds?, ?papa john?s pizza? etc.. The same old groceries named ?walgreens? ?meijer? etc.
So this city has all that life has to offer?
A lifestyle of millionaires( the life shown in bigtime movies)
A lifestyle of desi living( as seen in amchi Mumbai or aapnu amdavad)
A lifestyle of simplicity but monotony(as seen in various shows like ?will and grace? ?everybody loves raymond? or ?that 70?s show?..