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Not For Tourists
Publisher: Not for Tourists
The Not For Tourists Guide to Chicago features clear, easy-to-read maps and graphics, listings of key services, restaurants, shops, schools, entertainment venues, public transportation, parks, pull out maps and more. NFT Guides put everything residents need to take advantage of the wealth of local services and resources at their fingertips in a convenient size.
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| THE PERFECT GUIDE |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I recently bought this for some friends moving to Chicago. Just yesterday I received a note saying " Thanks for the NFT guide, we use it all the time, don't know what we'd do without it! ".
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| Dear Chicago Land of the Lost..... |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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As a native of Chicago, I would have to completely disagree with you. I am curious as to where you live that is so exciting and amazing. I live near Wrigley Field and have to say the area is more of a neighborhood than anywhere else I have ever been. The parks are crowded, my son gets to play with new children everyday, and I see friends and neighbors walking down the street (shopping, eating, exercising) all of the time. Having lived in DC and FL and traveled the country, I can say people from Chicago are the nicest people I have encountered. You just need to take the time to stop and talk to them. And to say there is no culture..Where did you go? Did you visit the Museum of Science and Industry (the largest science area in the Western Hemisphere), the Field Museum, Planetarium, or the renovated Aquarium? I just visited the new modern wing of the Art Institute. It was amazing. And the food, really? Gibson's, Grand Lux, Roy's, Charlie Trotter's, all of the Lettuce Entertain You restaurants. I really do have to question your taste. When I travel and tell people where I am from, I mostly get the responses, "I love that city" or "that is my favorite city". Please, don't write about things you really don't know anything about.
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| CHICAGO; LAND OF THE LOST! |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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To anyone who is thinking of visiting Chicago as a tourist.....I would suggest you not. It is a disturbingly boring city, what it offers is a cultural landscape that is banal and tedious. People there are uniquely un-friendly, the cuisine centers around what one would find at a T.G.I. Fridays, the only difference is that it can be a high end version or low end version of it. One thing I always found interesting about the city was how little Chicagoans knew about theyre own city, the other thing is how un-like a major metropolitan area it is, it lacks "centers" of community, like downtown parks where you can meet friends or just people watch, anything that they have like that would be an eatery of some kind....which comes with a price tag. Don't let Michigan Ave. define the city, it's just an over priced strip mall.
If you really need to get to a mid-western urban center.....go to Detroit...its not all that differrent.
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| Indispensable guide for Chicagoans |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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The NFT series are the best city guides produced, in terms of the amount of information covered, detail of the maps, and quality of the product. However, this truly is not a guide for tourists - the book is geared towards helping natives get around the city and find what they need. It does not contain lengthy reviews of tourist destinations, although some recommendations are sprinkled throughout the book. If you are looking for a book to help you navigate your city, this is it - a perfect car companion. If you're just visiting Chicago, the NFT guide won't be very useful to you.
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| Dry |
| Customer Rating: 2 out of 5 |
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There are scores of books that help you explore San Francisco. Go with one besides this product. Though the book offers a pithy, colorful guide to the commercial and recreational places of the city, it's really no more than a glorified yellow pages. Instead of putting everything in alphabetical order, the editors merely group places according to the neighborhood.
Bottom line: if you live in Laurel Heights and are looking for the nearest post office, this book is helpful. If you want to easily find great, economical Burmese food or a dog park, this book isn't your best resource.
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