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- Name
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- Region
- Midwest, USA
- Why go
- Serious architecture, deep‑dish debates, lakefront walks, and neighborhoods that reward wandering.
- Ideal season
- Late spring to early fall
- Travel time
- ~4 hour flight from SFO
- My take
- Feels like visiting a parallel‑universe SF that traded hills for skyscrapers and decided weather should actually have settings.