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- Abomonog, on 07/17/2008, -6/+95Sweet home Chicago.
- mysedai, on 07/18/2008, -5/+6God, I miss my home town sometimes.
- SHv2, on 07/18/2008, -3/+8want a cookie or something to soothe the pain?
- petebot, on 07/18/2008, -1/+3How about an Italian Beef? I just had one, dipped with hot peppers...
- duncanm, on 07/18/2008, -0/+13Chicago. One of my favorite cities (tied with Vancouver, BC). Fantastic people. Good food. Wonderful music... architecture... and so much more.
- cawpin, on 07/18/2008, -15/+2Fantastic people? That's because all the douchebags from the city came down to Indiana to start ruining it as well. Bury me if you like, but it is the truth.
- Hillyard, on 07/18/2008, -4/+1I'm with cawpin on this one...
- bcclist, on 07/18/2008, -2/+12I can't wait to resubmit this in 3 months and have it land on the front page again.
- British0zzy, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1I love seeing this view when your plane is taking off or landing at O'Hare. I seriously envy all pilots who get to fly over some of the most beautiful locations on earth.
- clarionhaze, on 07/18/2008, -0/+3Seen this a couple of times in flight. Glad I have a picture to show instead of trying to describe it.
- BlackCow, on 07/29/2008, -0/+1Whenever I come to Chicago I always try to get a night time flight just to see the city lights.
- mysedai, on 07/18/2008, -5/+6God, I miss my home town sometimes.
- kevinsboy, on 07/17/2008, -5/+10Amazing
- DrDragun, on 07/18/2008, -0/+13As a resident of Boston, I am envious of your logical and orderly grid system
- SHv2, on 07/18/2008, -4/+6if by logical and orderly you mean logical and orderly wind tunnels, then yes, envious indeed.
- ProfessorLX, on 07/18/2008, -4/+7way to ***** that up SHv2
- DuffyDirect, on 07/18/2008, -1/+3i think they planned the road network in boston on cattle paths in colonial times. also, keep in mind that most of the urbanization of new england occured during romanticism, where people were against orderly grids and greco-roman architecture.
- feignNU, on 07/18/2008, -2/+0No, SHv2 is right. They don't break up the streets at all and it is a ***** bitch in the winter.
- eggsovereasy, on 07/18/2008, -1/+2Chicago was lucky (?) enough to get burned to the ground in 1871, which means they got to redesign it with all the new information they had on city planning.
- m3mn0n, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1Yes, because residents of a city are "lucky" when their city is burned to the ground.
Especially if it helps with traffic issues. - DuffyDirect, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1the city would have been redesigned anyway -- they had to elevate the entire place just like portland because it was built on swampy/marshy land
- jtrost, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1What that photo doesn't show you is the enormous amount of light pollution our skyline produces each night. However, it's a fair trade off in my opinion.
- griz, on 07/18/2008, -1/+3Lighting can be accomplished without increasing sky glow. It just takes come commons sense and forethought.
- ophello, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1what a nightmare...
- daridave, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1Yes, amazing... because I used to feel cheap playing Simcity 4 and building squared zones all the time to keep my life easy. Looking at this, I feel much better now. lol... /sarcasm
Seriously though, this picture is awesome...
- DrDragun, on 07/18/2008, -0/+13As a resident of Boston, I am envious of your logical and orderly grid system
- grantmoore3d, on 07/18/2008, -42/+109That's both beautiful and disgusting at the same time.
- sockpuppets, on 07/18/2008, -37/+15You're both stupid and insightful at the same time.
No, wait, you're just stupid.- Jorry7, on 07/18/2008, -11/+4wow... scorch by sockpuppets..
- p3ngwin, on 07/18/2008, -22/+2agreed,
so much wasted energy in light going up .
to nobodies benefit, in fact Impeding progress.- lajaw, on 07/18/2008, -0/+11Maybe we should recycle the light.
- boombye, on 07/18/2008, -1/+19Try walking these streets with no light at night.
- RunWithScissors, on 07/18/2008, -0/+25"to nobodies benefit, in fact Impeding progress."
Are you kidding? Do you have any idea what the population density of those streets are? Fewer lights, more crime, reduced commerce? Nice urban planning strategies guys. So tell me how well your solar powered computer is working in order for you to make this post? Or are you using naturally farmed methane? - legendxx, on 07/18/2008, -3/+17LOL another yuppy environmentalist. You are ***** stupid. Look past the treehugger aspect for a second and think about the crime-rate for the city jumping 500% b/c you can't see the benefit of one of the greatest inventions in American history.
- slym2k, on 07/18/2008, -0/+7Nobodies benefit? Ever been to Chicago, or any major city for that matter?
- feignNU, on 07/18/2008, -2/+2I think perhaps you have all missed p3ngwin's point...
He was lamenting the fact that the lights are not directed down, and instead that much of the energy that goes into powering them is wasted in lighting up the sky, ie, he was pointing out all the light pollution. He was not suggesting that Chicago would be better without any lights whatsoever. As a resident, I can say I agree that it's a shame that when you look up at the sky at night in the Chicago area all you see is a big red glow.
No idea how light pollution is supposed to be impeding progress though...
- sotose, on 07/18/2008, -3/+31Kinda like that thing I did with my dog and some peanut butter.
- Puffles, on 07/18/2008, -0/+11No, that's just disgusting.
- ggtsu, on 07/18/2008, -1/+5No it's okay, because it was YOUR dog...
- mediaspree, on 07/18/2008, -8/+11Why is that disgusting? People need to SEE in the DARK don't they?
- mllawso, on 07/18/2008, -4/+7You've never seen the milky way have you? As little as 5 years ago I could see every star in the sky. Now that all these subdivisions have gone up, combined with the chain stores/restaurants (who leave their lights on 24/7) I can count the number of stars in the sky, and it's less than 30.
/The whole southern quadrant of the sky is a disgusting pink-orange.
//Yes, I plan to move farther north when I have the means. - griz, on 07/18/2008, -2/+1They do, but it doesn't require equivalent brightness to sunlight to accomplish this. People's eye's adapt very well to dim lighting. Overlit areas just perpetuate the problem. Everyone tries step up the brightness of their store or plaza to attract the attention of people. It has become less about that is needed to see and more about what is desired to be seen. That's what's disgusting. Oh and not to mention, all the wasted electricity that lighting the sky represents.
- NavS, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1You're gonna move up north so you can see more stars? :|
- spacerobot, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1I went to college in the Chicago suburbs, and only saw the brightest stars. Now, whenever my friends from college visit me in my hometown (rural Northwestern part of Illinois) they are amazed by the stars, even on a partly cloudy night. On a clear night the milky way is visible, and even though I've experienced it my entire life I'm still amazed by it every time. I love Chicago, but the one thing I missed was the stars.
- mllawso, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1@griz.
Yes.
I also think it's too hot here, and there's too many rude, loud idiots where I currently live (Northern IL.) - moush, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1Look at that smog.
- mllawso, on 07/18/2008, -4/+7You've never seen the milky way have you? As little as 5 years ago I could see every star in the sky. Now that all these subdivisions have gone up, combined with the chain stores/restaurants (who leave their lights on 24/7) I can count the number of stars in the sky, and it's less than 30.
- Lythium, on 07/18/2008, -3/+11I get that reaction every time I fly over a city at night.... On one hand, anything with shiny lights gets an automatic magpie "Ooooo, pretty!" reaction. On the other hand, it just looks cancerous, somehow - I'm far from an environmental nut, but that kind of visual really drives home just how much impact we have on the land around us.
- AROZ, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1Another good planning principle is that fairly straight grid of streets which makes getting around easier.
- sockpuppets, on 07/18/2008, -37/+15You're both stupid and insightful at the same time.
- casspa, on 07/18/2008, -7/+25So flat
- marx2k, on 07/18/2008, -1/+25Like my ex girlfriend, unfortunately
- mohtasham, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2so was mine.
- Snokage, on 07/18/2008, -1/+3don't lie....you never even had a girlfriend..
- Trigonometron, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2You should see Houston from the air- as large as Rhode Island.
- 3amboo, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2where is the sears tower?
- GoalieStr1, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2:) you underestimate the size of the city... You see in the upper right of the city there is a small cluster of lights? That is the downtown area (Sears Tower, Hancock Buildng, etc...). The city is just that large. I heart Chicago
- marx2k, on 07/18/2008, -1/+25Like my ex girlfriend, unfortunately
- Micherik, on 07/18/2008, -7/+111NO, not again??
- sockpuppets, on 07/18/2008, -1/+9It's like digg is powered by a mr fusion.
- sumdog, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1How do these get dugg again? Is it at a new URL. Doesn't digg check for dups or does it get rid of old stories after so many months?
- Ubermann, on 07/18/2008, -1/+2Chicago still looks the same as it did last month, and the month before that, and......
- fr0mundacheese, on 07/18/2008, -20/+4That's not very "Green". Like it matters anyway
- Kto859, on 07/18/2008, -25/+27WOW. I haven't seen THIS picture for a grand total of an entire month or two.... I most definitely needed to see it again.... /sarcasm.
- pavelmah, on 07/18/2008, -3/+12Your sarcasm sucks balls.
- waydee, on 07/18/2008, -1/+9You know this habit of adding /sarcasm to supposedly sarcastic statements completely defeats the point of it.
- geoboy, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.
- xsquirrel378x, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1agreed. i hate the sarcasm tag. can you imagine if thats how people talked?
McCain is totally young and vibrant, thats just sarcasm
- rompom7, on 07/18/2008, -1/+6Welcome to digg.com, enjoy your stay.
- boombye, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1Damn downtown, where Dark Knight was filmed, is but a tiny area compared to the rest of the city.
- pavelmah, on 07/18/2008, -3/+12Your sarcasm sucks balls.
- dojonz, on 07/18/2008, -3/+69Etch-A-Sketch: the backbone of urban design.
- Kozy, on 07/18/2008, -0/+109The difference between American cities and European cities always strikes me, the way European ones have developed over thousands of years leaves them a confusing tangle (London: http://static.flickr.com/135/327930346_a8e8c93a14. ... ) whilst the more recent (in historical terms) American cities have such a clean grid layout like this Chicago shot
- unAntimatter, on 07/18/2008, -0/+30A very interesting thing indeed, since the Chicago area is so flat, there was no need to build around the terrain as was normal back in when the horse and ox did most of the work.
"The city of Chicago embraced the grid set down by government surveyors of the Northwest Territory, with major streets running straight along the section lines. An editorial in the Chicago Tribune of April 29, 1869, noted that "There is no city where the opportunities for straight streets are so advantageous as in Chicago," and recommended where a street was "twisted out of its straight course, interrupted by jogs, or else abruptly stopped by some unimportant cross street" the flaw should be corrected. "Give us straight, broad streets, running uninterruptedly from one extremity of the city to the other, and through the suburbs ad infinitum, if necessary, in the same manner," the editorial continued. This ability to extend the city's grid, ad infinitum, helped in the rapid growth of the city. Plats could be quickly and cheaply drawn, few irregularities needed to be accommodated, and when Chicago annexed adjacent areas, the parts of the jigsaw fit into the whole with little adjustment. Many areas even adopted Chicago's numbering system, so that a traveler passed from city to suburb without a hitch."
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/4 ... - Featherlake, on 07/18/2008, -1/+34After the great fire of London in 1666 there were grand plans to rebuild London from scratch with wide avenues, piazzas, the focal point was going to be St Paul's cathedral and the city of London would have been based on a concentric circles. I t would have rivaled Paris, Seville and other amazing European cities.
Unfortunately the landlords would not agree and that is why the city is a ***** mess today.
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London# ...- skillian, on 07/18/2008, -1/+7You called my city a ***** mess :(
I love this place, and for me a beautiful mess would be more appropriate. - Featherlake, on 07/18/2008, -0/+9I meant the layout of the city is a ***** mess, not London itself. I lived in London for 2 years and enjoyed every single minute :-).
- skillian, on 07/18/2008, -1/+7You called my city a ***** mess :(
- RunWithScissors, on 07/18/2008, -0/+14You don't need to go to Europe to find that shot. Try Boston. Same issue there, lack of urban planning, streets built by old cow paths even though it is a pretty flat terrain. And why it might be more interesting from the sky, I can assure you that it greatly decreases efficiency of transportation. It also doesn't help that they Change the name of every street at every new block. Grid is the way to go for an urban environment with high population density, cow paths are fine for more rural areas where efficiency of transportation is not an issue.
(it also helps when people know how to drive in a city where Chicago == success && Boston == massFail- eggsovereasy, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2Nashville is a terrible mess too...
- RoccoMcTaco, on 07/18/2008, -2/+7Kind of reminds me of the before and after effects of a spider weaving it's web on LSD.
- jiganto, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2You also have to remember that half the city burned down at the end of the 19th century and has been essentially rebuilt from the ground up using the grid system.
- thisoneisunique, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2Thousands of years is a bit of an exaggeration, more like hundreds.
We also have planned cities over here, e.g. if some prince with too much money or delusions of grandeur thought he needed a play-ground. The ones I can think of in Germany are Karlsruhe and Mannheim. - toytoyota, on 07/18/2008, -2/+2Proud to be American, where at least I know I'm on a grid road system.
- ceredron, on 07/18/2008, -1/+2Long entries. I just dugg you first three up cause you sounded knowledgable and posted citational websites which I of course, did not go to.
- OrlyonokEaglet, on 07/18/2008, -0/+3Barcelona seems to be an exception:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aldask/2287671626/siz ...
- unAntimatter, on 07/18/2008, -0/+30A very interesting thing indeed, since the Chicago area is so flat, there was no need to build around the terrain as was normal back in when the horse and ox did most of the work.
- metalgel, on 07/18/2008, -2/+20love the grids, lets you know when you're home.
- ChuckIT, on 07/18/2008, -2/+1wat?
- intekra, on 07/18/2008, -0/+4He probably means it's a sign that he's home when flying into the area...
- MtheoryX, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1He said "love the grids, lets you know when you're home."
Did you get it this time?
- ChuckIT, on 07/18/2008, -2/+1wat?
- casey148, on 07/18/2008, -0/+17Grid City
- Totz83, on 07/18/2008, -2/+65http://digg.com/travel_places/What_Chicago_Looks_L ...
- kenedamick, on 07/18/2008, -1/+2Good one.
- CraigNobbs, on 07/18/2008, -18/+6Such a waste of electricity. Tsk tsk.
- boombye, on 07/18/2008, -2/+3ok have fun walking around here at night, that whole grid area is the city, and a very small area of that is the downtown where batman was filmed...see where the pier extends into the lake? around there is downtown, but it only covers a small area compared to the rest of the city.
- ViperCTW, on 07/18/2008, -2/+3What do you suggest, people never go outdoors after sunset?
- griz, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1How about appropriate amounts of lighting where it is needed and using logical installations of fixtures that don't waste light by sending it into the sky.
- feignNU, on 07/18/2008, -0/+0No you morons, he suggests that we use lights which are designed to direct a significant portion of their illumination *down*, toward the *street*, as opposed to up into the sky where it does jack ***** but turn the sky red for a 50 mile radius and waste electricity.
- unAntimatter, on 07/19/2008, -0/+0I always thought it was more of an orange hue... but I do agree with you, LED lighting needs to be implemented soon. Directional and more efficient (less light needed because it is more directional). Redundant, I know.
- Yookji, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1In order for an object to be seen, light must be reflected off of it and into an eye or a camera. Lamps do emit the majority of their light in a downward direction, but the majority of that light simply reflects back upward.
- feignNU, on 07/20/2008, -0/+0"Lamps do emit the majority of their light in a downward direction, but the majority of that light simply reflects back upward."
This is an empirical question, and hinges, of course, on what the quantification of "majority" turns out to be. Even if current lights emit some decent percentage of their light downward, I'm going to guess that a solution which directs the light more efficiently is possible and that the impact it might have on light pollution would be non-negligible.
- pavelmah, on 07/18/2008, -1/+3Someone, quick submit: "Consumerism in Chicago".
- boombye, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1We don't have anything that looks like Time Square, if you watched Dark Knight, you'd know that.
- akoostik, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2just go to Clark and Diversy!
- boombye, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1We don't have anything that looks like Time Square, if you watched Dark Knight, you'd know that.
- brainscab, on 07/18/2008, -16/+4Cue Liz Phair:
I was flying into Chicago at night
Watching the lake turn the sky into blue-green smoke
The sun was setting to the left of the plane
And the cabin was filled with an unearthly glow
In 27-D I was behind the wing
Watching landscape roll out
Like credits on a screen
The earth looked like it was lit from within
Like a poorly assembled electrical ball as we moved
Out of the farmlands into the grid
The plan of the city was all that you saw
And all of these people sitting totally still
As the ground raced beneath them thirty thousand feet down
It took an hour, maybe a day
But once I really listened, the noise
Just went away
And I was pretending that I was in a Galaxie 500 video
The stewardess came back and checked on my drink
In the last strings of sunlight, a Bridgette Bardot
There's a hat on my headphones
Along with those eyes that you get
When your circumstance is movie size
It took an hour, maybe a day
But once I really listened, the noise
Just went away
It took an hour, maybe a day
But once I really listened, the noise
Just went away - peterjmag, on 07/18/2008, -1/+8Why are some of those smaller grids of lights so uniform, particularly to the lower right of the center of the photo (it's a bit more evident in the hi-res version)? Surely those can't all be side streets with equally-sized buildings. Not trying to cry Photoshop, just curious.
- unAntimatter, on 07/18/2008, -0/+12Those smaller grids of light are side streets, the yellowish orange lights are high pressure sodium street lamps, not house lights.
And yes, they are that uniformly placed.- boombye, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1But why does it seem dimmer than the North side?
- mysedai, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2The south suburban area is more populous than the northern areas. The city really sprawls to the south and east along the lake.
- capnawesome, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1the south side is dimmer because the city doesn't like it cause it's all poor (black) people.
- centran, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1@boombye
When you are on the North side a lot more roads are considered main artery roads. Some of those roads end or are blocked off for awhile then reappear. On the northside there are more street lights because those roads have a high amount of traffic. When you go further South the traffic dies off.
Some might claim it is because it is poorer but it has more to do with population density. The North side is more packed in then the South side.
- asundevil, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1Link to the hi-res?
- unAntimatter, on 07/18/2008, -0/+12Those smaller grids of light are side streets, the yellowish orange lights are high pressure sodium street lamps, not house lights.
- minigig, on 07/18/2008, -6/+23old
- TypeEE, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2yup, this was in the frontpage couple months ago.
- allengeer, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1i was just going to say, I think I would like to see that picture of Chicago again. I like how it reminds me of parallel and perpendicular lines. I also like to punch cops.
- sladek, on 07/18/2008, -6/+17dupe
- Nitrodist88, on 07/18/2008, -2/+6Sodium lights are quite a sight..
- marx2k, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1I would suggest they switch to Metal Halide to give a more day-lightish effect.
- msk275, on 07/18/2008, -2/+4Diggers at night.
- d686, on 07/18/2008, -0/+16funny, some photonerd forums will have you believe photography is impossible without the latest yet-to-be-released camera. nice to see a reminder that a 4 year old D70 can crank shizz out.
- SolituSneiku, on 07/18/2008, -3/+2could have been taken with a 40 year old camera, it's called shutter priority
- stealth45, on 07/18/2008, -0/+4From what appears to be an aerial shot? Good luck with that.
- SolituSneiku, on 07/18/2008, -3/+2could have been taken with a 40 year old camera, it's called shutter priority
- Mikey129, on 07/18/2008, -2/+27i've seen this so many times I thought I was the one who took the damn picture
- whitetrashpeg, on 07/18/2008, -2/+19yeah those people are real assholes for using electricity at night! wtf? I suppose all of you are surfing the net in a tent with a generator run by unionized squirrels on a re-cyclable treadmill
- marx2k, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2They can remove half of the HPS lamps and still not suffer any loss of activity at night.
- Yookji, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1I'm actually using a hydroelectric generator on a creek right outside of my house. The entire city of Chicago should do the same.
- kakihara0513, on 07/18/2008, -6/+21No ***** place quite like chicago. I ***** love it here.
- sjmulder, on 07/18/2008, -1/+14There seems to be a lot of ***** also.
- RunWithScissors, on 07/18/2008, -1/+4I'll second that. The only thing I don't like about living in New England is there is no Chicago.
- sw1ft, on 07/18/2008, -0/+4That's because it's summer here right now and has been in the 90s all week. Let's talk again during our lovely winters.
- JackSrenton, on 07/18/2008, -0/+6Hmm, I cant seem to find the Narrows. :(
- psud0, on 07/18/2008, -8/+2Looks really cool, but take a look at Africa nights. It's a shame how much energy we spend instead of sharing it with people who really need it :*(
- lajaw, on 07/18/2008, -0/+4the dark continent.
- jimmies, on 07/18/2008, -0/+3...is no place for an addict, Elaine.
- mysedai, on 07/18/2008, -1/+2If you've ever lived in Chicago and tried to leave the house at night you'd know that they really do need that energy.
- marx2k, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1crime?
- rpj101288, on 07/18/2008, -1/+2Precisely.
- kidathinnes, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1Another incorrect generalization. Sure there are bad areas, like any major city.
- SolituSneiku, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1If you are over on Asheland ave then I don't blame you
- unAntimatter, on 07/19/2008, -0/+0I think you meant Ashland Ave., and if you did, you do realize that Ashland runs from Peterson to 95th, which is about 18.5 miles?
- lajaw, on 07/18/2008, -0/+4the dark continent.
- ryuujinusa, on 07/18/2008, -5/+1I'm sorry but that picture is boring. Don't get me wrong, AMAZING city but that picture doesn't represent what this city is.
- Boeing, on 07/18/2008, -0/+25http://www.airliners.net/photo/United-Express-(Sky ...
- Rabbethan, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1I've taken a few of these over Miami. Major cities really look incredible from the air at night.
- kyliecox, on 07/18/2008, -2/+0Amazing picture, is it really so??
- Rogozhin, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1That will soon be part of the ether.
- Zetsubou, on 07/18/2008, -7/+5That's ***** sexy.
- umbrellainabin, on 07/18/2008, -5/+1c'mon no it isn't
i would bury your comment but you only have your digg for it- veriix, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1Why not anyways? I know I did.
- umbrellainabin, on 07/18/2008, -5/+1c'mon no it isn't
- PocchieTheMan, on 07/18/2008, -13/+3*cough* light pollution *cough*
- pippi08, on 07/18/2008, -5/+0wow!
- zooto68, on 07/18/2008, -11/+6No they are not assholes for using lights at light but they are assholes for using lights that are a) not lighting up only the area intended to be lit, i.e. directed light downwards and b) wasting energy. If you can see these lights from high up then clearly a large percentage of their light and electricity is not going where it is intended and is being wasted shining up into the sky.
- jimmies, on 07/18/2008, -1/+9You're an uneducated *****. Most of those lights ARE pointing down, and being reflected back up by streets, cars, you name it.
- RationalXubrnce, on 07/18/2008, -1/+4 Exactly, unless he's found a way to shine a light on something without it becoming visible.
- unAntimatter, on 07/19/2008, -1/+0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_body
- jimmies, on 07/18/2008, -1/+9You're an uneducated *****. Most of those lights ARE pointing down, and being reflected back up by streets, cars, you name it.
- colourclassic, on 07/18/2008, -10/+3Stop Wasting my Electricity, Chicago!
- CJHtxGeek, on 07/18/2008, -5/+3Hailing from Tokyo, which was originally built as a maze to repel invaders... grid just seems so odd, yet I'm native to the states...
- futebollounge, on 07/18/2008, -0/+15by Spoon
- partyoverhaul, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2beat me to it
- DeQuinceysDiet, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1I'll be seeing Spoon, in Chicago at night. This Sunday night. Pitchfork, Union Park...see you there.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgmNouCvhQk - dhVyse, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1Nice! Was looking for that before I commented.
- holtzdoggy, on 07/18/2008, -4/+12- Paid for by 12.5% sales tax. Thanks Mayor Daley.
- DeQuinceysDiet, on 07/18/2008, -0/+810.25%. You alarmist.
- Saabzilla, on 07/18/2008, -1/+2Give it a week!
- WesSabi, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1And thank the Toddler for the highest sales tax in the country, not Daley.
- DeQuinceysDiet, on 07/18/2008, -0/+810.25%. You alarmist.
- kgunning, on 07/18/2008, -1/+28This looks strangely like Gotham City
- nirav72, on 07/18/2008, -4/+6Actually a large part of the new Batman movie was filmed in downtown Chicago.
- farcast, on 07/18/2008, -0/+7You don't say?
- nirav72, on 07/18/2008, -4/+6Actually a large part of the new Batman movie was filmed in downtown Chicago.
- digitalbuzz, on 07/18/2008, -3/+15That's a suburb. Different lighting system than Chicago's. (North Sider here. Go Cubs.)
- wstokes, on 07/18/2008, -4/+6Sorry, as a South Sider and proud Sox fan I have to dig you down. :-)
- mysedai, on 07/18/2008, -2/+8Dugg for the Cubs' sake.
- bobsaid, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1Dugg for the cubbies...
- SpudDuffer, on 07/18/2008, -0/+5When in Chicago, eat at the Signature Room, it is on the top floor of the Hancock building. The view at night is very similar, not for those afraid of heights though!
- dmbohn, on 07/18/2008, -0/+9I'm more afraid of the $19.50 cosmos...
waitress asked what we would have for our second round.
we replied,
"the bill". - DeQuinceysDiet, on 07/18/2008, -0/+6Nah don't eat at that overpriced and overrated restaurant. Instead go to the lounge a floor above the restaurant, on the 96th floor, milk your $10 cocktail and enjoy the view.
- dmbohn, on 07/18/2008, -0/+9I'm more afraid of the $19.50 cosmos...
- dmentd, on 07/18/2008, -0/+4This pic is great and all but........how did it make it to the front page.....again?
- DCGaymer, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1Stuck between the moon and Chicago?
- fvaldivia, on 07/18/2008, -1/+3wow. looks like a cpu die.
- yngtimmy, on 07/18/2008, -0/+7Theressss........something on the wing!!!!!
- marx2k, on 07/18/2008, -0/+4Relax, Shatner.
- Skorme, on 07/18/2008, -0/+17Reminds me of SimCity.
- ObeseSnake, on 07/18/2008, -0/+7Can someone just cut/paste the comments from the previous time this picture was posted on Digg? Oh yeah and make sure you include the Liz Phair lyrics again.
- legendxx, on 07/18/2008, -0/+4The amount of people here crying about wasted energy on lights is amazing. Try setting foot outside in an urban setting like Chicago without light and you'll soon not care about the environment so much.
- marx2k, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2You're the 3rd person to post the same basic comment, but none of you guys have said why that is. Do you mean it's due to a high crime rate?
- legendxx, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1Do I have to explain to you the psychology of a criminal? I guess I'll have to for you slow people.
It's been understood for almost two thousand years that criminals would rather ambush a victim in a dark alley rather than a lit area. Very little crime actually occurs under a lighted area at night. Even if no one is around to witness an act of crime the offender would rather not risk revealing his/her identity to the victim. If such a thing would happen the attacker may have to murder the victim to keep his identify unknown... hows that? Do you understand now why lights at night are a good thing? lol...
And if you have a hard time understanding that higher density populations like urban environments are breeding grounds for high crime rates that you're just going to have to figure the rest out for yourself. - marx2k, on 07/18/2008, -1/+2Douche, I asked if the light comments were DUE to a high crime rate (since I don't know the crime rate of Chicago) not why you need urban lighting in a high crime rate area. Reading comprehension is a skill that can be rewarding for the rest of your life. I suggest training the skill.
- legendxx, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2Would it really matter where it was? Why do you need to know the crime rate. It's an urban setting with no lights.. ***** is going to happen. You can't count on people always filling in the blanks for you... take a second and try to do it for yourself.
- legendxx, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1Do I have to explain to you the psychology of a criminal? I guess I'll have to for you slow people.
- marx2k, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2You're the 3rd person to post the same basic comment, but none of you guys have said why that is. Do you mean it's due to a high crime rate?
- UnFriendlyFire, on 07/18/2008, -2/+1Neat, but not digg worthy.
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