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To Chicago, With Love: What Do Transplants Love About The City?

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Katherine Nagasawa

With love in the air and the die hard romantics making their plans for Valentine’s Day,  it seemed like the perfect time for Curious City to answer a question from Saya Hillman.

Saya wants to know what transplants love about Chicago but maybe didn’t expect to love before they got here.

“It is so nice to hear somebody being appreciative of this amazing city we live in, and too often, we just talk about the bad things or just hear about the bad things,” she says.

So we put Saya’s question to Chicago transplants. From bird watching to architecture, here’s what they say keeps the romance going.

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