I've been to Chicago a few times but never had the chance to go to the beach.
Well, for my graduation present I was supposed to go back to Chicago last January and stay in a expensive hotel and the works. I delayed that trip for six months JUST SO I COULD GO TO THE BEACH AND SWIM IN THE LAKE. I've been to websites where pictures of the lake was sapphire blue and tons of people were swimming. So those were fake pictures or something? Say it isn't so.
St. Louis does this all the time. Our post cards make the Mississippi river look soooo attractive, but it is really NASTY in person.
Hell, maybe I will go somewhere else this summer.