My time in the Chi for law school pt 3

Monday, September 18, 2006

Up-South You get some tidbits every once in awhile when unplugged from an iPod. As I was riding the el back home, some ladies were talking about "culture shock," in the context of South New Jersy, North New Jersy, New York, D.C., and so on. I've never heard Chicago described so succinctly. The lady described Chicago geographically Midwest, Economically North Eastern, but culturally Up-South. This floored me as I've been trying to describe to all of you from West of the Mississppi why Chicago has been a culture shock. Maybe i couldn't describe why it is weird because I don't really know what "Up-South" really is, but what I can infer, this describes things perfectly.