(05-28-2020 07:07 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote: North Shore: IVY
Richest, but relocating to suburbia to escape the city (college football).
Gold Coast - B1G/SEC
Need their glitz and glamour to be seen by all, so what better way to flaunt their power than the luxurious highrises and mansions of the Gold Coast.
Lincoln Park - ACC/BXII/PAC
Top neighborhood, all the fun you can have, but those shot-calling CEO’s on the Gold Coast are always watching and might pluck someone if you’re not careful.
The Loop - Big East
Slightly less rich, but still in the city’s power structure.
Lake View - AAC
Boystown holds its Pride Parade every year, AAC holds its P6 Parade every year.
Beverly - A10/MWC/WCC
Mish-mash. On aggregate, they’re spending money, but there’s some who should graduate to a neighborhood above and others who should relocate below.
Logan Square - MVC/SoCon/MAC/CUSA/SBELT
Be it football or basketball, these leagues are just above median income in this large melting pot.
Chinatown - Patriot
Intelligent people with lots of similarity.
Greektown - Big West
Greeks are to Greektown what Californians are to the Big West.
Riverdale - Everyone else
They’re maintaining a Chicago address, so they’re still part of the city (D1).
I like the attempt regarding Chicago neighborhoods. Some I agree with and some I think are a little off:
North Shore - Ivy
This is spot on. These people control entire industries far beyond football and don’t want to be anywhere close to any riff-raff.
Gold Coast - Big Ten
In the context of this exercise comparing conferences, this is accurate (although Lincoln Park and Lakeview are the centers of the universe when it comes to where actual Big Ten grads live).
Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago - SEC
Whether you like the building and/or its namesake or hate them, the two things that we can all agree upon are (1) you can’t ignore it and (2) it’s expensive to live there.
Lincoln Park - ACC and Pac-12
Agree on those 2 leagues.
Lakeview - Big 12
This neighborhood is totally in the power structure of Chicago. A bit more of a range of income levels compared to the Gold Coast and Lincoln Park (ranging from lots of kids just out of college to some of the wealthiest people in the city), just like the Big 12.
South Loop - Big East
Not that many people actually live in the Loop proper. South Loop is probably the best comparison to the Big East - upscale in a great location and generally within the power structure, but the people in the wealthiest North Side neighborhoods will always be in control.
Uptown - AAC
The neighborhood that is always supposedly one step away from being the next Lincoln Park or Lakeview, but some other force *always* gets in the way. Ultimately, the people that live in Uptown will all move to the Gold Coast/Lincoln Park/Lakeview as soon as they can afford it.
Rogers Park - MWC
A lot like Uptown. The nicest parts of Rogers Park (by the lake) are better than Uptown (AKA Boise State), but the worst parts of Rogers Park are worse than Uptown.
Northwest Indiana - MAC/C-USA/Sun Belt
Geographically, it’s adjacent to the City of Chicago. Economically and culturally, it feels like a million miles away (and generally not in a good way), although it has some bright spots like a lower cost of living, lower taxes and the Indiana Dunes.