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Originally Posted by kansas13
HAHA...this is a good site!! I have lived in and around Chicago my whole life and some of those things are new to me. Especially the nickname for Michigan Ave.
Something like this that my husband and I were talking about not to long ago is how Chicagoians measure distance. Around here we measure distance in time, while most others measure in miles. For example, when asked how far it took to get from one place to another the usual response here is 10 minutes instead of 10 miles.
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Old post, but every big city does the time rather than distance thing. I did it before I spent any time in STL but it got worse there. I think it may also be a girl vs. guy thing. (Guys being more inclined to use measurement in directions in the first place, girls preferring landmarks and more general instructions, like minutes)