On Oct 28, 2011, at 2:27 PM, [email protected] wrote: > For the uninitiated, "second city" refers to the rebuilt Chicago that emerged > after the Great Fire of the 19th century. It was the second city to be created > from the ashes of the first, like a phoenix ( hence the use of the fabled bird > in official city symbolism).
Um, really? Not as far as I've ever heard: Why is Chicago the Second City? > "The second city of a country is the city that is (or was) the second-most > important, usually after the capital or first city. Criteria for second city > status include population size,economic or commercial importance, political > importance, or somecultural sense... > > In the United States, the term has long been a nickname forChicago which has > a history as the largest urban area second to New York City. Can you cite a source for your interpretation? -- Ernie P. -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
