This series is a Win Win Win for Windy!

[zamboni]

but when you snicker at Chicago finishing fourth and getting eliminated first I can only snicker back while racking my brain to think of the last time a Worlds Fair or Olympics selection committee even thought of the state of Minnesota much less consider them!

I can't ever remember a time when WE WANTED either here. The locales ASK to hold the events in their place, then they are voted on, they aren't appointed. When was the last time Chicago held a Final 4, Superbowl, NHL All Star Game?? Those are appointed, and someone must love it here enough to let us host those events.

[harvey lee]

Chicago could not get the Oly. even with your favorite son Obama.

[genegodawa]

C'mon Harv, you know the only people who want the OLYs are the ones who r gonna capitalize on 'em....like the food service and hotels and cabbies and the lowlife thieves and........

Besides, OLYs are for amateurs not oldfarts like me'n'Windy.

Hey, and if I remember right, we did host the World Cup a few yrs back....not that that is too exciting though.

FUTBOL is not FOOTBALL.

Go Packers!

[Windy City Walleye Hunter]

I thought something smelled a bit fishy on those non-sourced numbers so I went to the leading authority which tracks this stuff and updates monthly. They are the largest supplier of tracking numbers in the world and here is what I found.

Households with 250K and up

Minnesota 42,693

Illinois 98,453

Homes Valued at 250K and up

Minnesota 333,202

Illinois 735,300

Personal Wealth as defined by individuals with investments of 200K and up

Minnesota 747,889

Illinois 1,507,627

Kind of filters out all the "median" and "average" bull. Those are the true numbers and I am proud to be one of those listed in the great state of Illinois!

[SledNeck]

I thought something smelled a bit fishy on those non-sourced numbers so I went to the leading authority which tracks this stuff and updates monthly. They are the largest supplier of tracking numbers in the world and here is what I found.

Households with 250K and up

Minnesota 42,693

Illinois 98,453

Homes Valued at 250K and up

Minnesota 333,202

Illinois 735,300

Personal Wealth as defined by individuals with investments of 200K and up

Minnesota 747,889

Illinois 1,507,627

Kind of filters out all the "median" and "average" bull. Those are the true numbers and I am proud to be one of those listed in the great state of Illinois!

source=US census bureau.. you might have heard of it..

Ill population= 12,901,563

MN population= 5,220,393

The avg Minnesotan is actually better off than the avg FIB, you cant argue with that

IF..

you dont want to play percentages then Illinois has more people below the poverty line than MN in addition to having more impoverished people per capita

see how that works?

[Windy City Walleye Hunter]

Yes but I am not average so I don't play the percentage game, there are more wealthy and better off people in Illinois by a factor of two plus. I don't go where the "other half" lives so why do I care what they do. Night life, hands down goes to Illinois, more rich people here, end of story! Looking to make it big, come hang with the beautiful people here in Illinois.

[zamboni]

Windy, have you ever been to Edina?

[zepman]

Windy...do you have a brother Carl from Elk Mound, Wisc.? You two share similiar personalities...

[ikatcher]

who would have ever thought, that being a clown paid so well?

[riverrat56]

So Minnesota has less people and thats a bad thing?

Last time I checked your on a HSOforum that is based out of Minnesota, you probably found it becaue you LOVE to come to MINNESOTA to go fishing.

Go talk to everyone in Chicago about how great your city is, we don't care.

[harvey lee]

Yes but I am not average so I don't play the percentage game, there are more wealthy and better off people in Illinois by a factor of two plus. I don't go where the "other half" lives so why do I care what they do. Night life, hands down goes to Illinois, more rich people here, end of story! Looking to make it big, come hang with the beautiful people here in Illinois.

Whats the number between Mn and Il for arrogance ?

slum population

Chicago--1 million

MN dosnt have any.

[ikatcher]

hey wind bag, your last name wouldn't happen to be blagojevich would it? you sure seem to have alot of time on your hands to be trolling these threads. you also seem to have the same personality. just wondering.

[CrappiesNCats]

Are you drunk Windy?

he must be because chicago is a filthy dirty place and is consistently rated one of the most depressed cities in America.

[harvey lee]

The two times I have went through Chicago, all I saw were slums and projects with the windows all boarded up. I would not have gotten out of my car for anything.

[DHanson]

Windy, if you are so rich, then why don't you go fish in Canada? The fishing in Canada does not even compare to fishing in MN. Or do you have a felony on your record and that's why you can't get across the border?

I would much rather have an average income and live in MN than being filthy rich and living in that dump any day. Life is not measured by how much money you make in your lifetime.

[Stratosman]

Hold on here guys, I think he might be right, I have heard that Chicago has a place called Cabrini-Green and I was told that it has some of the best night life you could ever want...

Might have to check it out someday.

[DHanson]

Night life? My night life consists of fishing for big fish, but only because I choose to do so. Nothing better than that IMO. Besides, I wouldn't be surprised if 90% of STD's or better are spread from people from the Chicago area. It's that dirty!

[boatfixer]

The average Chicago Fan

What most guys who brag on the internet really look like

[SledNeck]

Quote:

Whats the number between Mn and Il for arrogance ?

OUCH. Ill have to agree. I havent come across this level of shallowness or arrogance on this forum till now. I know why he fishes with guides now, he has to pay people to tolerate him in addition to help him catch fish. I guess its all about the money. Apparently none of us can enjoy God's country cause we arent Windy Trump and we cant go out and binge eat at the finest restaurants in the Chicagoland area.

Night life? My night life consists of catching big fish, but only because I choose to do so.

NO kidding. Ive been to almost every major city in America and the nightlife is pretty much the same anywhere you go. A bar/club in the city is a bar/club in the city! On that note, the nightlife in cities in Florida is far and away better than Chicago or anywhere for that matter. I also would rank Dallas and Phoenix right there also, especially for the quality of women and safety compared to Chicago.

Oh and Chris Farley is a bit too thin to be the typical Chicago fan!

[Windy City Walleye Hunter]

Man are you guys easy! LOL

[Windy City Walleye Hunter]

Some more interesting stats just in from the City Data file.

Median Household Income level

Iron Range $47,958

Orland Hills $70,835

Median Home Value

Iron Range $71,517

Orland Hills $286,731

I will stop if you guys do and get back to baseball. Should be an easy choice since you should be in a one game playoff in about and hour....but you were in that situation last year too and we all know how that turned out, right?

[harvey lee]

You're something else Windy. Shall we pick a city within the Twin Cities and compare it to youre ghetto? You seem to like to pick out specifics and keep going.

Lets do Edina, MN and you're ghetto. That will be my example for you. No sense of even looking up the numbers as it is no even close.

Very easy to pick and choose.

I see the Twins will need to do this by themselves as Chicago could not get the sweep done.

[DTro]

Shall we pick a city within the Twin Cities and compare it to youre ghetto? You seem to like to pick out specifics and keep going.

Lets do Edina, MN and you're ghetto. That will be my example for you. No sense of even looking up the numbers as it is no even close.

How on earth did you guys go from baseball to comparing the Iron Range to a ghetto?

Sweet!

dis one goez out to my homeboy sledz. word up brutha. keepin it realz in the 218. peace

[harvey lee]

I never compared the Iron Range to a Ghetto. Lost on how you came up with that Dtro.

[DTro]

This should put to rest any argument Tom

Arlington, Illinois: The median income for a household in the village was $27,292, and the median income for a family was $38,12

Arlington, Minnesota: The median income for a household in the city was $37,632, and the median income for a family was $49,231

It is quite clear that MN outclasses Illinois in every way shape and form. [/end sarcasm]