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A few days ago, one of my blogulars over on my “Why I think Chicago Sucks” post asked if I would do a special section.
Lost In Chicago Says:
Do you think you could create a topic on this blog dedicated to silly little and large things that are annoying and suck? A list of little things that simply do not make any sense yet exist in Chicago and NOBODY EVER COMPLAINS.
I told him I would give it a shot and this is what I’ve come up with. Mostly I’m just copying what he suggested. 
Don’t forget, I also have my Anti-Chicago page where you can find links to all of my Chicago posts.
So here it is, a post for you to comment on all those annoyances about life in Chicagoland. And let me be clear here. This is a post EXPRESSLY for those things that annoy people in Chicagoland who have to deal with them. Any people who come here and think they need to “defend Chicago” or “just feel like arguing” will be summarily deleted. No exceptions. If you don’t think Chicago Sucks, DO NOT COMMENT. This is not a public forum, it is MY forum and those are my rules. Clear? Good! 
To get things started, Lost had a couple of suggestions:
- Chicago L-train cars have doors opening to the inside instead to the sides so they take the available space away and you can actually get hit by them
- L-train cars lack a horizontal rail so there is nothing you can easily hold on to it while standing during rush-hour
- Chicago employs people to direct the traffic at busy intersections in addition to working traffic lights, for some reason it is always a pair of city workers and they are poorly trained so they seem to create more havoc.
- Chicago’s Metra stations do not have ticket machines so there are long lines to available manned ticket windows. Metra by the way does not accept credit cards as a form of payment, they do accept checks though…
And Darcknyt followed up with a few of his own:
- How ’bout bus lines that don’t go anywhere you need to go at any time you need to go? (More true in the ‘burbs, I guess, but still annoying.) Metra not taking credit cards is a BIG one. How ’bout trains with a schedule that are NEVER ON TIME?? (I’ve been riding since March and have not ONCE been picked up at the scheduled time.)
- How ’bout cabbies that are willing to run down pedestrians so they can get to a curb where NO ONE is waiting for a cab?? WTF?? And blow by a cop standing in the street directing traffic to do so!
- Or people ignoring yellow lights and again endangering pedestrians? Don’t pedestrians have the right-of-way in ALL situations?? How ’bout enforcing some of this sh*t??
- How about giving CABBIES tickets for driving like assh*les, speeding and recklessly operating their vehicles?
Bookmark this page, so any time one of those irritating things bugs you and you need to rant, you can hop online and tell us about it. Ready? Set? Comment!
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Here is a bit of what sucks about Chicago: rampant nepotism, rampant corruption, Obunghole, Stroger and his appointees, 24-hour rush hour traffic in both directions, having the most outrageous taxes in the nation (at least Chicago is number one for something), the total lack of character and honesty in the general population, total rip-off cost of existence (it sure as hell ain’t living), psycho Liberals, and the phonies that LOOOOVE Chicago , yet clog up the crap out of O’Hare trying to get AWAY from here for their vacations. If it is so woooonderful, then vacation HERE you liars. Even if we cleaned it all up it would still be an overstuffed farm town that likes to pretend it i a real world-class city (GET OVER IT, CHICAGO; YOU ARE NOTHING BUT AN EXTREMELY ANNOYING LAYOVER BETWEEN NEW YORK AND L.A.), with horrendous weather (unless GloBULL Warming is actually real; yeah, right).
Oh my gosh, Vicky, you have me in stitches! Cost of existence, gloBULL warming, Obunghole – oh man! I love your spin on things!
Don’t forget, Chicago is #1 in murder rates too! Aren’t we proud?
Thanks for stopping by and commenting – you’ve given me some much needed giggles today.
~Ness
Oh, and that pathetic joke of a public transportation system? You’ve gotta be kidding about hosting the Olympics, right…….?
The people don’t want it, yet Daley keeps pushing it. So much for the will of the people, eh?
The on street outside seating for restaurants. You have to pay a fee to Daley, and put flowers along the railing, and then you get to block almost the entire sidewalk with outdoor seating. I have no idea why people sit there breathing traffic fumes, watching bums pee 10 feet away from them, but there it is.
Oh that’s a good one! For all intents and purposes, it’s sitting in the street to eat, and I can’t figure out why anyone would want to do that. Ick!
I’m sure this has been discussed before, but what is the big deal about the food here? I do enjoy the Italian beef and the pizza, but what else is there besides the expensive, chic-chic restaurants downtown? A lot of what we buy at the grocery stores isn’t anything to rave about, either, like mushy, bland produce and flavorless meat. What gives? I’m so glad that I’m going to be out of here in a few weeks… One of my grad school professors grew up here, and I guess he can’t understand why I wouldn’t like it. Different strokes, I suppose! My south suburban-born husband can’t stand it anymore, either!
Hi Mo!
I don’t understand it myself. What city doesn’t have pizza? Or hot dogs? We were talking about food on the other post, about how hard it is to find good quality food here, being so far inland and away from any real agricultural farms. Fresh seafood? Forget it. Everything has to be shipped in, so by the time we get it, because we’re so far in the middle of the country, everything is already starting to go bad.
Denver, right? How exciting for you! Have you started packing?
~Ness
You remembered!
I haven’t started packing quite yet, but it should be easy for now, since I’ll just be taking my clothes. My hubby hasn’t found a job yet, so he has to stick around for a little while longer, unfortunately. 
Here’s hoping and praying that something works out soon, and I hope and pray for the same thing for all of us on this board!
Hi Mo!
The job thing is a real bear. I know that out of state employers aren’t really interested in out of state potential employees when there’s so much local talent to pick from. It’s a rough thing to go through. I don’t know much about the Denver market, but I do hear that Texas has a booming job market. Of course, that’s not taking into consideration what your husband does for a living.
How nice to hear that you’re praying for everyone here too. Thank you! I will keep you in mine as well.
May blessing rain down on you!
~Ness
Another major “Chicago sucks” item could be the generally miserable state of the transportation infrastructure —beyond earlier-noted the “L” items. For a city with global pretensions and high taxes, the roads, bridges and rail lines —despite some recent quote-unquote improvements— are all variously rusting, crumbling, antiquated, inadequate or simply second-rate on several levels. Nowhere is perfect —and every urban area has its challenges— but Chicago’s many transportation imperfections are glaring in view of the cost of government, the city’s role as continental transportation center and alleged status as “Alpha World City.”
Oh my goodness, Brian, miserable state of transportation is so right! I read a couple of years ago that so many people had gone to riding Metra, what with the increase in gas prices, that Metra had to actually buy back some of it’s older cars it had sold to other cities. On top of that, they were even taking out the bathrooms on the cars so as to make room for more seats.
Nope, the public transportation here is anything but “World Class.”
Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
~Ness