Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a
portage between the
Great Lakes and the
Mississippi River watershed.
[8] Today, Chicago is listed as an alpha+ global city by the
Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and ranks seventh in the world on the 2012
Global Cities Index. The city retains its status as an international hub for finance, industry, telecommunications and infrastructure, with
O'Hare International Airport being the
second busiest airport in the world in terms of traffic movements. In 2008, the city hosted 45.6 million domestic and overseas visitors.
[9] Among metropolitan areas, Chicago has the 4th largest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the world, ranking just behind
Tokyo,
New York City, and
Los Angeles.
[10] Chicago is one of the most important
Worldwide Centers of Commerce and trade.
Chicago's notoriety has found expression in numerous forms of popular culture, including novels, plays, movies, songs, various types of journals (for example, sports, entertainment, business, trade, and academic), and the news media. The city has many nicknames, which reflect the impressions and opinions about historical and contemporary Chicago. The best known include: "
Chi-town",
"Windy City," "Second City,"
[n 1] and the "City of the Big Shoulders."
[n 2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago
i/ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊ/ or /ʃɪˈkɔːɡoʊ/) is the largest city in the US state of Illinois and the third most populous city in theUnited States after New York City and Los Angeles. The city has around 2.7 million residents.[1] Its metropolitan area, sometimes called "Chicagoland", is the third largest in the United States,[4][5][6] with an estimated 9.8 million people. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County,[7] though a small portion also extends into DuPage County.
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