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the greatest american city
Wed, Apr 8th
My wife shot this picture last month from one of the many bridges over the Chicago River. It's easy to see why most natives of the city never leave. Chicago is, in one sense, the greatest American city. New York, of course, is more grand but ultimately belongs to the world in the order of Paris or London. And L.A. is plastic-land, its Americana almost completely nipped, tucked, and tanned out of existence.
In Chicago, cultures and people groups from around the world collide and assimilate in a living definition of Americanism. The city has so much to give, and the temptation to move in and take is strong. Yet Chicago's needs echo loudest -- poverty, racism, injustice, violence. As for me and my house, we will serve.