Is it more windy than any other city near a body of water with skyscrapers? New York seems to me to be just as windy, so what's the difference?
2007-06-27 10:45:09 · 11 answers · asked by Andrea 2 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Other - United States
“I’ve heard three explanations for the term Windy City as an epithet for Chicago, Illinois: the common assumption that it refers to the winds gusting through the city (understandable to anyone who’s been there); the boasting of Chicagoans to the rest of America about the glories of their rebuilt city after the Great Fire; and the blustering of Chicago politicians to the city’s inhabitants. My guess is that the first could easily be invention after the fact, while the last is too local to account for the term’s familiarity elsewhere."
2007-06-27 10:49:23 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ Emily ♥ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are other cities that are windier than Chicago.
Though the wind through Chicaga is generally a few degrees cooler, which puts the wind chill down a couple of notches.
This wind travels through the city at an alarming rate whipping along the high rises. Sometimes you have no idea which way it is coming from.
2007-06-27 17:50:33 · answer #2 · answered by vixenfay 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is fairly windy in Chicago, but it is not the windiest city in the United States. Here is a list of some of the cities that are windier than Chicago as collect by the NOAA.
2007-06-27 17:57:30 · answer #3 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It has absolutely nothing to do with weather. The name was bestowed upon the city by political newspaper reporters and it referred to the local politicians bragging about their city during I believe the time of the Columbian Exposition,of 1892 (?)
2007-06-27 18:46:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chicago is windy but there are cities that are windier. It's from the wind that comes sweeping down the plain.
2007-06-27 17:48:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
why do people call los angeles the city of angels? there are no angels there.
itss just phrases that stick to a city and get passed on over the years and then officialy become a slogan or a motto or attached to a city when you think of it.
2007-06-27 17:55:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
HERE LOOK AT THESE LINKS, THEY MIGHT HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHY CHICAGO IS CALLED THE WINDY CITY:
2007-06-27 17:51:00 · answer #7 · answered by Priya P 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
'Cause a babe named Windy tatooed the skyline on her boosom.
2007-06-27 17:53:40 · answer #8 · answered by TJ McFly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They got the nickname first.
2007-06-27 17:48:36 · answer #9 · answered by Deb S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its just a nickname.
2007-06-27 18:36:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋