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  • Опубликовано: 26 фев 2021
  • It's my kind of town, Chicago is! Well, my kind of city, anyway. That's right motherfactors, today we're off to the Windy City to find out all about deep dish pizza, skyscrapers, and the only river in the WORLD that flows backward. So pack your bags for America and learn 101 Facts About Chicago!
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  • @dominicwebb4416
    @dominicwebb4416 3 года назад +45

    Yeah Chicago's hospital in the UK must be effing massive if its goes half way across che US and completely the stretch of the Atlantic pond to the UK wow

  • @andreajanota6258
    @andreajanota6258 3 года назад +54

    I’m from the south side. My family had been there from almost the very beginning of the city establishment. Thanks for sharing.

    • @BigPapiCapone
      @BigPapiCapone 3 года назад

      Is it rough in the south side

    • @0fficialdregs
      @0fficialdregs 3 года назад +1

      same here.

    • @andreajanota6258
      @andreajanota6258 3 года назад +1

      @@BigPapiCapone In some parts more than others.

    • @shrigga9225
      @shrigga9225 3 года назад

      Same here

    • @DomCollado78
      @DomCollado78 18 дней назад +1

      My grandpa lived by 42nd and California. German immigrant living with a bunch of polish and Lithuanians. He once rode his bike from there to palatine and back on northwest highway

  • @XeonAlpha
    @XeonAlpha 3 года назад +21

    It’s W-I-L-L-I-S pronounced “Sears”

  • @MetsMagic0416
    @MetsMagic0416 3 года назад +43

    A Chicago fact video with no Michael Jordan reference? Impressive!

  • @JoseLopez-hh6fp
    @JoseLopez-hh6fp 3 года назад +21

    Been here 2 years. Leaving in 36 hrs. Everyone who can should come at least once in their life. Try to stay at least 2 days. The view of the city from the museum campus is my favorite.

    • @0fficialdregs
      @0fficialdregs 3 года назад +2

      hell yeah. museum road is the best

  • @powerfist80
    @powerfist80 3 года назад +17

    Never call it Willis, dammit.

  • @theironknight597
    @theironknight597 3 года назад +40

    Went there this past September, and I felt like I was in Ferris Bueller's Day Off and I must say the city is incredible!

    • @vanessastegall
      @vanessastegall 3 года назад +1

      I’m with you on that one.

    • @hugomikaelsson4055
      @hugomikaelsson4055 3 года назад +4

      Visited 6 years ago and I agree with you. People are also friendlier than in New York.

    • @Hballa34
      @Hballa34 3 года назад +1

      It really is

    • @justinfenner869
      @justinfenner869 2 года назад +1

      @@hugomikaelsson4055 as a Chicagoan I take this as a compliment :)

    • @ramencurry6672
      @ramencurry6672 2 года назад

      I tend to like European and Asian cities like more like Amsterdam and Tokyo….However, for an American city it’s pretty good. The beautiful Lake Michigan really adds the sparkle to the city.

  • @0fficialdregs
    @0fficialdregs 3 года назад +14

    i was born and raised on the southside of chicago. even at 31, i still love my hometown for the good and bad.
    I don't condone the violence but i will never disown the place my family is from and where i am from.

  • @bmwkmx1
    @bmwkmx1 3 года назад +17

    Sweet Home Chicago!

    • @0fficialdregs
      @0fficialdregs 3 года назад +2

      i was playing that all day friday

  • @kevinnelson7310
    @kevinnelson7310 3 года назад +12

    I'm from Johnson City, TN and our city's nickname is Little Chicago and we have a bar here called Capones. AL Capone has a house here

  • @connerthelman7131
    @connerthelman7131 3 года назад +23

    I’m surprised he didn’t say anything about Emmett till maybe when he talks about Mississippi he will

  • @noah_that_bills_fan1613
    @noah_that_bills_fan1613 3 года назад +18

    Keep doing 101 facts about specific places I like it.

  • @Car_guy31
    @Car_guy31 2 года назад +5

    Chicago is a magnet. Once you visit, you're guaranteed to visit again oh so often.

  • @josiastorres1284
    @josiastorres1284 3 года назад +11

    YESSS my city!! 🔥Anyone else?

  • @johnericsharpe9933
    @johnericsharpe9933 2 года назад +1

    North America's most underrated city. Well worth a visit.

  • @TheKiyokoTek
    @TheKiyokoTek 3 года назад +61

    My favourite part was when he talked about Chicago

    • @0fficialdregs
      @0fficialdregs 3 года назад +4

      that warm fuzzy feeling. my hometown :D

    • @blakesmith7073
      @blakesmith7073 3 года назад +1

      Mine wasn't

    • @vanessastegall
      @vanessastegall 3 года назад +1

      @@0fficialdregs, the last time I was in the city was eighteen years ago. #GoCubsGo

    • @0fficialdregs
      @0fficialdregs 3 года назад

      @@vanessastegall ok???

    • @jodieduffield7167
      @jodieduffield7167 2 года назад

      @@0fficialdregs you hell I I’m in love

  • @noahsparkes3215
    @noahsparkes3215 3 года назад +7

    13:50 he said UK not US

  • @trillioncrowns
    @trillioncrowns 3 года назад +7

    That deep deep feeling you get when its new years eve in Chicago and its heavily snowing at 3am and your walking down a dark alley by yourself drinking a bottle and smoking a joint stranded somewhere.... powerful powerful feelings.....mystic old city.....

    • @loki866
      @loki866 3 года назад

      Heavy snow doesn’t start in Chicago until mid to late January though...

    • @Camdagenius
      @Camdagenius 3 года назад +1

      @@loki866 i can only assume you're a young one for making this comment. Too many blizzards to count in the 80s and 90s.... there's been snow in the summertime here before lol

    • @timothyzakaria7397
      @timothyzakaria7397 Год назад

      @@loki866 I just found out that I was born in Chicago but I was adopted illegally basically given away to people who messed my life up. Who could I call for help I don't even know the hospital

    • @timothyzakaria7397
      @timothyzakaria7397 Год назад

      @@loki866 Chicago is a large city do u know a Government office or anything I can call for help?

  • @FactsCeo
    @FactsCeo 3 года назад +12

    This Channel is so inspiring
    That even made me to start a New Channel regarding INTERESTING FACTS and TOP 10s 🥰

  • @JamesKing-lw1xp
    @JamesKing-lw1xp 3 года назад +4

    I lived there for a few years and I absolutely LOVE Chicago 💖!!!

  • @hannersandrews
    @hannersandrews 3 года назад +18

    Just want to say, the McDonald’s location is “Des Plaines”. You pronounce the “s” in both words. Love a native Chicagoan.

  • @iankelly2759
    @iankelly2759 3 года назад +2

    The U-505 is in Chicago, the only successfully captured U Boat by the US in WW2

  • @robertjackson4714
    @robertjackson4714 3 года назад +2

    I am a Cincinnatian, and yes, go to Chicago. My family hails from there in part, and is my the third favorite city I have ever been to. Catch a Cubs game, the facilities suck, at least of 2000, but even Yankee Stadium didn't have the atmosphere if Wrigley Field.

  • @bennettfoley3018
    @bennettfoley3018 3 года назад +3

    Chicago is 'the second city' because the first one burned down!

  • @sarahsmith8672
    @sarahsmith8672 3 года назад +1

    This is the 3rd 101 facts video I've watched and you've made at least one MCU reference in all of them. So unexpected, but I love it!

  • @m.t.o.9035
    @m.t.o.9035 3 года назад +18

    101 facts of Detroit would rock.

  • @esaimayo2119
    @esaimayo2119 3 года назад +2

    Number 53 Chicago, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

  • @benpatterson3229
    @benpatterson3229 3 года назад +12

    Deep pizza that’s all I’m gonna say

  • @bridgetdraper5146
    @bridgetdraper5146 2 года назад

    Born and raised in Chicago! Light and love upon all!

  • @dumaneduard
    @dumaneduard 3 года назад +3

    wow, Sam ! Great work ! Keep it up !

  • @BrownEyedBirdASMR
    @BrownEyedBirdASMR 3 года назад +3

    Okay, now do Detroit, it’s only about 200 miles east of Chicago

  • @tomtowb3811
    @tomtowb3811 3 года назад +2

    A large number of the neighborhoods outside of the Loop were originally their own towns before incorporating into the city, giving basically all of the neighborhoods outside of downtown a hometown feel. Which is why we sometimes call it a town.

    • @ramencurry6672
      @ramencurry6672 2 года назад

      The appeal of Chicago is that there’s not that many tourists. New York has so many tourists that the city feels somewhat fake. Chicago has a tendency to feel more real when you easily see more locals.

  • @farheenabdulrahim3893
    @farheenabdulrahim3893 3 года назад +1

    Sweet home Chicago!

  • @Audi0Ashes
    @Audi0Ashes 3 года назад

    I live across the lake in Gary, Indiana. I love going over to the beach to see the Skyline. It’s so beautiful. Chicago is my favorite place to visit

  • @el_rey_gris9321
    @el_rey_gris9321 3 года назад

    Love Chicago 🥺

  • @colinmacv
    @colinmacv 3 года назад

    So glad you mentions Addams! Her work is amazing!

    • @johannweber5185
      @johannweber5185 3 года назад

      Indeed. However, she actually was already the second woman to win the Nobel Peace Price. The first woman was Bertha von Suttner in 1905.

  • @AshleyxA7X
    @AshleyxA7X 2 года назад +1

    We got SO much from Chicago!! 🤯❤️

  • @grandthanatos
    @grandthanatos 3 года назад +2

    I'll be going to Chicago for the first time in nearly 13 years for an author event. I don't think I'll be able to enjoy all that fun stuff you guys mentioned, but I'll try to stop by the Exchequer for dinner.

  • @tylergnosis2581
    @tylergnosis2581 10 месяцев назад +1

    I love Chicago

  • @gayguy4peace16
    @gayguy4peace16 2 года назад

    I LOVE Chicago. I used to live there for a few years.

  • @wickramasuriya1
    @wickramasuriya1 3 года назад +1

    Do Atlanta please!!

  • @Rainb0wzNstuff
    @Rainb0wzNstuff 3 года назад +1

    I wanna go to Chicago for collage. Love to chicago from Nyc

  • @StevenNehr
    @StevenNehr 3 года назад +4

    As a Chicagoan, I would like to say good job on this video. Everybody else, it is not as bad as the dramatic fake news would have you believe.

  • @jamess5415
    @jamess5415 3 года назад

    Wow, Chicago has got it going on!

  • @danielhenzphotography
    @danielhenzphotography 3 года назад +1

    Thank you, Sam! Finally someone who hates bananas too

  • @forrest6132
    @forrest6132 3 года назад +3

    Aqua is no longer the tallest building designed by a woman. The newly built St Regis Tower (formerly Vista Tower) is much taller and was also designed by Jeanne Gang.

    • @roywenton1605
      @roywenton1605 3 года назад +1

      Do you know why the name changed so quick after completion?

    • @forrest6132
      @forrest6132 3 года назад +1

      @@roywenton1605 The owner, Magellan Development Group, signed a deal with St Regis Hotels to run the tower's hotel space instead of the original agreement with Wanda Hotel Development. St Regis got the naming rights in the deal.

  • @mrmeeseeks2534
    @mrmeeseeks2534 3 года назад +1

    Chicagooooooooo oh chicagooooooooo

  • @jordanwelch3832
    @jordanwelch3832 3 года назад +1

    101 facts about Houston, TX!

  • @spencerfotheringham5164
    @spencerfotheringham5164 3 года назад

    You should do a 101 facts about Colorado

  • @pauls8079
    @pauls8079 3 года назад +1

    My home town yess

  • @geoffreyvandahm1349
    @geoffreyvandahm1349 3 года назад +1

    Potawatomi: pronounced “pah-tah-WAH-tah-mee “ 😉

  • @BackWhereYouStarted
    @BackWhereYouStarted 3 года назад +1

    Toronto next!

  • @DilfPawg
    @DilfPawg 3 года назад +6

    Lmao I live there

  • @walker1662
    @walker1662 3 года назад

    i love living here

  • @stunnasaad
    @stunnasaad 3 года назад +2

    Anyone else from Chicago?

  • @zugierka7310
    @zugierka7310 3 года назад

    Great, I live in Chicago

  • @johnbarlich7138
    @johnbarlich7138 3 года назад +3

    hey I was born in Chicago

  • @Drod13
    @Drod13 3 года назад

    About time!

  • @johnkolassa1645
    @johnkolassa1645 3 года назад

    Beautiful video.

  • @vanessastegall
    @vanessastegall 3 года назад

    Could you do a 101 Facts about Chicago (the musical?)

  • @realistic.optimist
    @realistic.optimist 3 года назад

    Do you have any idea how much Chicago loves our steaks? Bunny's are nice but we are there for the steaks.

  • @kmwatson6166
    @kmwatson6166 3 года назад +1

    Do a video on John constantine next

  • @AlexCalabrese22
    @AlexCalabrese22 3 года назад +1

    lmfao of course the very last fact is about the part near my house 😂

    • @Camdagenius
      @Camdagenius 3 года назад

      I said the same damn thing while watching this lol told my friends we could walk there now if you want.

  • @devingiles6597
    @devingiles6597 3 года назад

    Hey, Sam. Can you please do 101 facts about Louisiana?

  • @GamerFromJump
    @GamerFromJump 3 года назад

    The irony of 100 is that Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in the country.
    It’s almost like criminals don’t follow laws or something.

  • @CasuallyCold
    @CasuallyCold Год назад

    Chicago was the birth place of the skyscraper & has the 2nd soon 3rd most cities with the most skyscrapers in North America & is home to the 2nd tallest building in the USA 🇺🇸.

  • @isaiahwinbrone
    @isaiahwinbrone 3 года назад +2

    Home of six time NBA champion the chicago bulls

  • @daxmoonshadow1787
    @daxmoonshadow1787 3 года назад

    Okay do Seattle now!

  • @666bambucia
    @666bambucia 3 года назад +3

    #101 Facts and not a single one about Chicago being the no. 1 biggest agglomeration of Polish-Americans or Americans with Polish descent? Lietarally around 1 million inhabitants have strong Polish roots.
    Since this is the only place in the US with such high percentage of Polish speakers in one area I would have thought you would include this in your video for Chicago.

  • @666bambucia
    @666bambucia 3 года назад

    How is fact #25 boring? It's not boring in any way, It's very interesting.

  • @koolkydchris
    @koolkydchris 3 года назад

    Sears aka Willis Tower is 1,451 ft tall making it the 3rd tallest building in the United States and Western Hemisphere after New York City's Central Park Tower (1,550 ft tall) and One World Trade Center aka Freedom Tower (1,776 ft tall) as of March 13, 2021

  • @kaikai5420
    @kaikai5420 3 года назад

    Sam do 101 facts about Washington state plz part 9

  • @Kittycat1234582
    @Kittycat1234582 2 года назад

    I’m from Illinois so when I lived there with my parents I went to Chicago all the time because my dad works there

  • @cactusfondler9989
    @cactusfondler9989 3 года назад

    Do 101 facts about Baltimore!

  • @drstevenrey
    @drstevenrey Год назад

    You go and try to spray paint anything in the Chicago area, outside. then you know why it is called Windy City. A calm day does NOT exist, ever.

  • @PrometheanKitchen96
    @PrometheanKitchen96 3 года назад

    You should do a 101 facks about Montreal or Toronto

  • @colinmacv
    @colinmacv 3 года назад +1

    Since you do regions of the USA, maybe do regions of other countries? Maybe Ottawa Canada? Or the overseas British territories?

  • @drasonmeerrkat2617
    @drasonmeerrkat2617 3 года назад

    Can you do 101 facts about musicals

  • @viviangalleher124
    @viviangalleher124 3 года назад

    btw i loved the video, just for the future alinea is pronounced "uh-lin-ee-a"

  • @annabelleb.9282
    @annabelleb.9282 3 года назад +1

    You should do 101 facts about Avatar the last airbender and legend of Korra :)

  • @goodchessactor
    @goodchessactor 3 года назад +1

    Cook County hospital was the first hospital in the UK? That's probably the longest ambulance ride ever. (13:55)

  • @dalewasson5919
    @dalewasson5919 3 года назад

    I’m from Illinois and I know lots about Chicago

  • @danielhenzphotography
    @danielhenzphotography 3 года назад

    101 about A-Team and/or Knight Rider

  • @robtwindaddy
    @robtwindaddy 3 года назад

    Love the channel! Hate to nitpick, but Cook County Hospital is not in the UK. Understandable slip of the tongue from Sam.

  • @unknownunknown3937
    @unknownunknown3937 3 года назад +3

    Next one should be Ohio

  • @colehalford1893
    @colehalford1893 3 года назад

    I like garlic! 👍

  • @gamer_dude94
    @gamer_dude94 3 года назад

    Chicago is also home to the second oldest Baseball stadium. Which is the Iconic Wrigley Field.

    • @tazloon
      @tazloon 3 года назад

      Wrigley Field is not a stadium! It's a ballpark! Sorry but that is a major pet peeve with me.

    • @gamer_dude94
      @gamer_dude94 3 года назад

      Okay well whatever you say its probably one of the best things in that whole city.

    • @bethdibartolomeo2042
      @bethdibartolomeo2042 2 года назад +1

      Not to mention we're home to one of the oldest NFL teams and NHL teams, the Bears (1919) and the Blackhawks (1926), both over or around 100 years old, while the Cubs are over 150 years old (1870)!.

  • @tinas_hotdog_sophie
    @tinas_hotdog_sophie 3 года назад

    Chicago is like the only city I wanna visit in the US (been to New York, an LA is too warm for me)

    • @elias_xp95
      @elias_xp95 3 года назад

      Damn. Cities are like the least attractive thing about America to me. I've never been but I want to go to the Northern fly over states, the grand canyon and Yellowstone. aka I want to see the unpolluted geography and natural world not so much the concrete crime infested jungles.

    • @tinas_hotdog_sophie
      @tinas_hotdog_sophie 2 года назад

      @@elias_xp95 That is what I mean. I have far more other places to go in the US than the big cities :D

  • @tokiwartuthe
    @tokiwartuthe Год назад

    Sam, come back the world NEEDS you, I need you

  • @CrashPK77
    @CrashPK77 Год назад +1

    Late to the party, but "Potawatomi" is pronounced "pot-ah-WAH-toe-mee".

  • @flippergoalie
    @flippergoalie 3 года назад

    Immediately impressed with the fact that he didn't pronounce the S in Illinois

    • @flippergoalie
      @flippergoalie 3 года назад

      Immediately disappointed because he pronounced the S's in Des Plaines

  • @Rubix003
    @Rubix003 3 года назад

    South Dakota Sue (the T Rex in the natural History Museum) is male. Its named for the archeologist who found him.

  • @jayybird75
    @jayybird75 2 года назад

    Not actually the 1st McDonalds. The first of Kroc's franchise on his own though.

  • @DavidR05
    @DavidR05 3 года назад

    Chicago isn't just the city

  • @marlonharrison5511
    @marlonharrison5511 3 года назад

    101 Facts about Omaha, Nebraska

  • @Allenryan819
    @Allenryan819 Год назад

    one central park tower in new york is taller the the sears tower by roof.

  • @tazloon
    @tazloon 3 года назад

    As a life long Chicagoan i have to say you did a good job as i i only caught a few mistakes but one that i didn't see mentioned in the comments was that Oz park was named after L Frank Baum, the man who created the books the Wizard Of Oz movie was based on as he lived in the area in the 1890's, also, don't ever call the Sears tower that "other" name if you want to stay on the good side of the locals, and you're "ChiCAWgo accent? It....um....needs work....🙄🤣

  • @leeatterberry1239
    @leeatterberry1239 Год назад

    Another interesting fact the Chicago window came from Chicago 🤪

  • @Hballa34
    @Hballa34 3 года назад

    First mcdonalds was actually in california, not chicago. The first franchise expansion was in chicago

  • @17irod
    @17irod 3 года назад

    What about transformers? That’s a big movie and it features lots of Chi town !!!