What do you think of Chicago, guys? Worth a visit? Personally, I loved it ✨ Thank you Level8Cases for sponsoring this video 🙌www.clkmg.com/LEVEL8/DariStep
@DariStep Aw! If I knew in advance that you were coming to Chicago, then I could meet you and see you in person. I also fly to New York every year to meet my siblings. Are you going back to Russia after your graduation? Where did the rest of your two friends disappear towards the middle and end of the video?
That price for a car I found ridiculous. This was not even a high visitor season so for parking there are all day deals like workers use. You just have to look into it and of course a pay by the hour will get you. The first stop walking the wrong side of Navy Pier. The north side with the road is for deliveries and people fish off it. Though you can get to things from that side, no attractions face that side for a reason. The excursion to Michigan for a wooded areas and beach was odd as it is Indiana the state that has the State and Federal portions of the Sand Dunes Park. Seemed a very odd choice. No walking really showed, no riverwalk though not yet full season. Mention of Trump Tower and the building shown was not it and it never was shown nor other Chicago landmarks or buildings, but the bean whose surroundings is being redone. For a Airbnb I have seen other videos of those who stayed in a neighborhood taking the train into the core. You just check for transit options and choose one with them for easy access to most of places you might want. Just all seems so cut and missing for a world traveler in the know.... as this is the first video I saw. Plenty other videos of non-professionals and many pretty darn good. Always check weather before on leaves and alter museum days for those days of poor weather ect. Hopefully most days are good weather though early spring clearly will not be best for warmer days. Off season even short notice should find a airbnb fairly easy also near a rail line of direct bus ride. I am far from a world traveler, but have watch many for just vlogs or locals doing them and many of those one-time visitors did a awesome job especially if a great weather period. Better luck next time as it seems you claim you will be back.
You got me nostalgic for my hometown of Chicago! Yes, Lake Michigan is truly beautiful, so blue on a sunny day, and its view is so expansive that it always looks like more than a lake. I am one of the Chicagoans who loves deep dish pizza, but Chicago also has a unique thin-crust pizza. As much as I like Chicago hot dogs, I’d recommend that you try a Chicago Italian beef next time around-dipped in gravy and with chopped raw onion and hot giardiniera. I used to go to the Green Mill Lounge, which is a historic place, for performance poetry. That’s in my old neighborhood. Autumn is my favorite season in Chicago, but I often go back to visit during December to enjoy the Christmas season. Downtown Chicago has a German-style Christmas market called Christkindlmarket, which is fun. Tips for your next visit. Ditch the car, especially if you stay downtown. It’s cheaper to use public transit and downtown Chicago is a very walkable city. Also, check out the Field Museum, my all-time favorite museum. Glad you loved my hometown!
Dari, you keep raising the bar. 😊 This was a wonderful look at downtown Chicago and the shores of Lake Michigan. It definitely brought back memories as my mom's family all came from that area. I am glad you got to enjoy all that you did 😊 and hope you keep seeing more of America! As someone stated, visiting the upper Midwest will give you a unique taste of America (so worth it and it is much, much cheaper than Chicago or NYC!). And you likely would love the Crystal Bridges art museum as well; it's quite impressive and has so many famous American art pieces. Keep exploring...we love what you do and genuinely appreciate you!
That was a great video. I never thought of visiting Chicago because for some reason it never interest me but now that I watch your video I definitely want to go and visit some of the places that you showed us on your video. Thank you for such a great jobin producing your video to share with us.😊
Great video Dari! Definitely like paintings of nature scenes the best. Spent five days in Chicago years ago but was working all day every day and didn't really get to see that much before having to fly back home unfortunately. The little bit I did see was really nice and definitely want to go back. Really glad you enjoyed your trip to Chicago and the surrounding areas.
I have been to Chicago 3 times and I absolutely loved it each and every time! The buses and line is so easy to take everywhere. Went to a musical, jazz club, Frank Lloyd Wright architectural tour, shopping, art museum, aquarium, art museum again, multiple eating establishments which were incredible, architectural tour on the river, convention centre,Ukrainian village, waterfront, and even attended the Thanksgiving Parade. It was the coldest weather I have ever been in, and we experienced the coldest day(with the wind chill factor) since 1953 for the parade. Then the sky turned brilliant blue as we ate in a pub across from the Museum. I found the people we encountered so helpful and friendly, and would dearly love to go there again! I am so happy you guys experienced it, and am so happy and grateful I have as well! See you next time ❣️
Glad to here you like american blues music which is what the street performer was playing, Hawkin's "I put a spell on you". R&B is a little more soulful than jazz. There is a strong cultural connection between Chicago and New Orleans. It stretches the entire length of the Mississippi river.
New York now has the bean somewhere in manhattan. I heard it was installed two years ago. It’s wrapped around some pillars of a high end furniture store outside.
Just a suggestion, while in USA 🇺🇸, try getting out of the metropolitan areas. Going to the rural upper Midwest in states like South Dakota, Montana, or Wyoming. Especially the Black Hills of South Dakota. It’s more down to earth and real American 🇺🇸
Our major cities still hold the legacy of America just as they do in Europe. They revere their cities and rebuild them. Chicago did a great job reviving its downtown to a top one in the USA. Plenty of great neighborhoods still. Just here in American, we left corporate America abandon them for suburbs taking their tax-base Create major segregated areas and flight from some areas for a reason we will not mention, only to create those areas of poverty where the could not get low interest FHA or GI loans back-in-the-day so they declined. Now we still abandon cities taking wealth to a new one and state then their cost skyrocket and them metros once of low-interest like once too hot now all can have AC. Them areas remained cheaper with far less wage increases and growth. Once they get it their prices rise too. All want equity to build in ones homes. Selling in a pricey area to buy in a cheaper one and blame factors other than they made their wealth and ability to sell high.... a new American ideal. Still them areas increase and other cost other then even taxes come to play especially insurances now. When I hear those saying our cities are not real America I just feel sad for what we became and no matter how far one moves.... you can never hide from being found from above .... and Some of these remote states have skyrocketing prices in those sought after boom-towns. Rural America is great for key points one seeks them out for. Scenic areas, Federal/State Parks of course and plenty of other aspects as settled by certain European ethnic groups etc. Once the become a new move-to area.... they lose a lot of their original past for endless new suburban areas unless much more remote. Not all small-town America remained intact. My hometown did not. Its downtown besides some couple good places for food and booze.... not much left after shopping centers killed them even its 3 theaters from a boom era are long gone and all the mills that once employed so many.
Thanks for the warnings about parking in Chicago, Dasha! If you arrive by Amtrak train in New Orleans, know that the French Quarter is only a few blocks' walk away. Any part of the city that isn't served by a street car could probably be reached by bus or by a ride-share. Coffee and beignets are cheap, and a must, but if you go to the big Cafe Du Monde location on Decatur, visit late at night (after 10 PM) and bring cash. Oh, and back to the train: if you book a room, or roomette, meals are included in the fare. Could be good for touring the countryside. 👍
I live in Chicago and the parking is expensive and the Museum are free on Thursdays during the year. Also, the building I believe is called aqua. St Regis Chicago by Jeanne gang. The tallest building in the world designed by a woman. Per boat tours.
Cleveland was not that much different on parking costs in the downtown area. I avoided the parking costs by finding a safe "Rapid" station to park the car in ( ask the locals or someone who is local for a safe station, don't guess) and then I took the "Rapid" ( Rapid= the name for Cleveland's above ground passenger train) to the downtown area. I often walked to my final destination after I got off the train but I could have transferred to a bus at no additional cost. it was often faster to walk rather than taking the bus. The total cost 24 years ago for a round train trip downtown was $3 verses $12 per hour to park the car after I drove it downtown. ( its municiple highway robbery to pay for parking your car) In Milwaukee they have an express bus system with stations to park your car in to get a bus to the downtown and other frequented locations. An express bus system is when the buses have their own lanes on the 4 lane boulivards and interstate highways and the ability to turn all the traffic lights to green as the bus approaches the intersection. ( the bus never stops at an intersection that has a traffic light) Lake Michigan is a very deep lake and maintains a 50 to 55°F (10 to 12.8 °C ) temperature regardless of the season or time of year. This isn't good for swimming in the summer but becomes very handy in winter, especially if your live about 5 miles from it. It is also nice for walking along the shore on a 90°F ( 32.2°C) summer day. Lake Superior and Lake Huron are also very deep and parts remain at a constant temperature all year round. In my opinion, a hot dog is a hot dog no matter where you buy it. Don't get suckered in to buying a Chicago dog or a Ball Park dog, they are all just hot dogs. Personally, I buy most of my hot dogs at the grocery store. I found Chicago pizza too heavy on the cheese. I like vegetables as well as cheese and a good, not super sweet sauce on my pizza. ( they often put a lot of sugar in pizza sauces) Looking a going clear up to Traverse City, MI to see the Sleeping Bear Dunes over plant shut down but I and my wife haven't made up my minds. It also depends on what my bank account looks like.
Welcome to my neck-of-the-woods. Portillo's are known in my area as having wonderful beef sandwiches. Actually, I've never tried their Hotdogs. For Hotdogs I usually go to a place only known for Hotdogs and have mustard on mine. If you decide to try the Hotdogs again somewhere, just let them know what you would like on it. Otherwise, it will be piled with ALOT of stuff! If you don't like Hotdogs, that's okay. Also, I agree. Parking in Chicago is EXPENSIVE! I live in the Chicago suburbs and if I go to Chicago, I take the Rock Island train. I hope you and your friends enjoyed yourself anyway.😊❤
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Before they raised up the taxes it was $3.50 a day to park About 4 mayors ago. This is why conventions, corporations, and people are leaving Chicago. -- OK about the Ferris wheel. There was a ferries wheel built by mr Ferris at the worlds fair which was several times as large as the one you were on. So it is very much a Chicago thing. -- The sidewalks in front of the apartment are likely a great depression works project. Oldest sidewalks in the city are from about 1880 Mostly in commercial districts before 1930's Added across city in residential areas 1930's Major rebuild of sidewalks 1990's Most are still from 1930's though. I would think more than 3/4 are from 1930's --- The original ground level of the city is as great as 14 feet below you -- You did good to go to Portillo's The Germans gave up the good hot dogs. -- The art institute is well worth the price. It is more than a museum.. It is a college Paintings considered the best in collection. American Gothic A Sunday on La Grande Jatte-1884 You should hire a lecturer if you visit the art institute. A lot of hidden meanings and symbolism in the art. -- If you visit Chicago I recommend Harold's Chicken -- Yes I know the Green Mill well. The wood is hand carved. The murals hand painted. I am not sure but I think you are watching Patricia Barber A famous Chicago Jazz Musician - 19:41 The Lyric Opera of Chicago The Civic Opera Building itself is a famous landmark Chicago has at least 7 opera houses. Maybe more -- Anyways glad you came here. Hope you come again.
I was born and grew up in New York City. I know the place very well. Reports are that it has been ruined by the government. Same for many other American cities. It appears there will be a major political change coming. My favorite city was San Francisco. It's totally destroyed as is the state of California. I lived in Silicon Valley for 5 years and enjoyed it very much but decided to return to the real world. 25 years ago I decided I'd had enough of cities and suburbs. IMO the best places to live in America are rural middle class areas. Others are coming to the same conclusion and leaving the cities. In rural America you have all of the amenities of living in cities and suburbs without the crowds, the noise, the crime, and the dirt. You've probably explored much of New York City already. Some of the sughts to visit are Lincoln center for the performing arts (the acoustics of Avery Fishef Hall is awful, Carnegie Hall is excellent, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The American Museum of Natural History including the attached attached planetarium (be sure to see the sky show especially if you've never been to a planetarium before.
Actually just take the L. It’s just not worth the expense in Chicago. You can jump station to station easily and it’s like the subway just elevated. Besides you pay parking constantly so really it’s going to add up quick. Every line pretty much goes downtown anyway. Also the south side isn’t bad just it looks that way as some great restaurants are on that side. I know cook county general hospital is on the downtown though it had a rename to stroger hospital. It’s where the ER tv series took place and where John critchton did his entire career as a doctor. He became an author.
That's incorrect. The ER series was SET in Chicago but filmed in L.A. aside from a few scenes now and then showing the L or other Chicago landmarks. Also, Crichton's first name was Michael, he got his medical degree at Harvard, and never actually practiced medicine after becoming a doctor. The ER series was based on the two hour pilot that he wrote while doing his residency.
@@Frank-Lee-Speeking actually cook county general was real but it changed names to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County. It pretty accurately depicted the hospital. And you are right on Michael’s name I forgot ok.
I grew up in Alaska, but now live in Chicago. I love this city more than I ever thought I would. If you visit here in the summer, definitely take the Architecture Tour.
You should marry a American man and settle down in America like many Russian women has married to American men and staying with happines in America with their American husband ❤❤
Chicago is the worst! Not any different than New York! Come on over to Detroit! Jump on I-94 East about 4 hours. Lots to look at and relax and much more affordable! You will enjoy it! You can stay at my house for free! 😆🤣😂
Michigan actually has more coastline than the state of Florida which both states are surrounded by water and have beautiful beaches but the water in Michigan is fresh water and the Winters are harsh but atleast you don't have sharks,alligators and hurricanes like in Florida where the winter weather is warm and awesome.I would much rather be in Florida during the winter and in Michigan during the summer .The summers in Florida are uncomfortably hot and humid.
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Hello .I liked your movie/ film in Chicago. Many people save on parking to park away 2 or 3 miles. Leave the car near a city public train station and ride in . You only pay $3. Each way 7:16 I just wish you knew a resident here who could take you to many small places, quiet, the best foods ,deserts, treats etcetera. Italian ice lemon is something you'd die for . " Mario Lemonade " two kilometers west of the museum campus. In 16 flavors ?? . Thia is a summer treat may 25 - September 5 , bye .
Parking apps cut those cost by up to half….also helps you find reasonable parking not the one where they definitely pray on out of towners. Alsoooo just Uber and take transit. Transit around north side is fast and safe. There are areas to not take because of a couple bad people. I would say south side but south side has a million people who are good. But about 25000 gang bangers and youth that cause trouble.
My first gf from High School through college was Filipino - you can get frozen Lumpia in Asian markets in Queens and fry it with light oil -) enough to just cover the bottom of the roll then turn it as it cooks Don’t deep fry it like some people (filipinos) do, otherwise it’ll make you sick after 3 or 4. IMHO kind of do it like you would a marshmallow turn it just before it burns. Soak out the oil in napkins before you eat it. It takes some practice but it’s a fun cheap meal. The soft round Filipino bread (heated) is also very tasty with a fried egg and bacon - makes for a more familiar breakfast sandwich. Chicago, like most cool cities, and people, takes time to know. Cheers
The Italian Beef is a better option at Portillo's. Yes, the hot dog "dragged through the garden" is iconic, but probably not their best option. All of the good/interesting food is high in calories, like their cake shake and their fries. Other museums to visit are the Field Museum and the Aquarium. I lived in the Chicago suburbs, but didn't visit Chicago nearly enough. Second City is the place where many American comics built their reputation. The comics needed a day job to pay the bills, and you may find them at Debevic's or other nearby restaurants during the day. Many well known US comics like Stephen Colbert got their start at Second City.
Good video Dari Chicago looks a nice place and very different than New York with a large big lake but can gets a lot colder than New York in winter. Philippines food looks interesting but never tried one. Look forward to your next video.
Hi Dari. I'm glad you got to see chi-town, and parts of Michigan! I love at the to of Lake Michigan in the Upper Peninsula, God's Country. Thanks for taking us along.
I'm into refrigerator finger painting art. You look amazing in red, definitely your color. Northern cities better in Late Spring and Summer . You need to try a baseball game someday. Wrigley Field would have been a good choice, bet there are lots of good places to eat near the park too.
Dari you're video's never disappoint! Loved this! The skyscrapers are amazing to see! I loved seeing the paintings in the museum. The park's you went to look amazing! I enjoy you're food reviews..."it's a hot dog."😂 Thank you for sharing you're trip to Chicago! Enjoyed watching! ❤❤❤😊
I had read that it was possible to get very cheap re-possessed houses in Chicago in 2008. Today houses can be got for as little as $40,000 in Chicago. I am surprised that parking is so expensive when houses can be bought for next to nothing.
That price is in .... not so great neighborhoods as all cities have them. Repos I suppose sure much cheaper than normal prices. Just I would not expect a cheap one in the core or best sought areas near the lake. Single homes in a core are very rare. Nearby sure and yes very pricey today. 2008 after the Crash I am sure lots of bargains and I have seen homes for sale now in good areas that are not far over a price if it sold about 2007 vs today. Huge drops in values after the Crash sadly unless you of course got the deal.
The city raised the prices for parking 3x in the past 3 years. The reason is to get people to return to using mass transit: CTA, Metra. Mass transit use is still 50% less than it was before coronavirus. Also, Grant Park and Navy Pier are *the* tourist parking spots and is a big reason the prices there are 2x the rate as other garages around the city.
I rent wherever I go, makes the whole city much more accessible in our expansive metro areas. Wife and I hit Chicago for the first time in Jan. The Loyalist, Bouefhaus and Pequods some great places with v doable street parking.
When I visited Chicago in the winter 2014 it was one of the coldest winters ever. I was in the summer shoes and maybe could even lose my foots haha. It was literally -25C or so and much colder than in Russia at the moment. By some reason from the movies I had a picture that USA can't be that cold (except Alaska) so US also has all kind of climates same as in Russia just they probably don't film movies too much in the cold areas or times haha.
@Dari CrazyRussianSergey didn't meet Chicago on its coldest day: it reached -26°F with -81°F wind-chill factor ! It's a Canadian import from the Arctic.
I live 3 hours drive west of Chicago and 2018/2019 was a cold one as well. It hit -36c/-33f. What's interesting is that Chicago is at a latitude similar to Rome, so even that cold, it will be 8+ hours of bright sunshine.
0:00 Opening scene. Red building left Armory building, opera studios, Site of SS Eastland Disaster. Center round building marina towers funded by plumbers union. -- 0:02 navy pier north side looking at the gold coast The airport you look to be terminal 2 so maybe you traveled by American airlines. -- Before Chicago went tax crazy parking was $3.50 a day and the street parking was $0.25 for about a half hour and if the meter was broken it was free. -- Taking the blue line from, the airport would have avoided the traffic and parking cost. No where near as good as the Moscow subway though. -- 6:41 you are in grant park looking at the Art Institute. You are about at the corner of Jackson and Michigan Avenue looking north on Michigan You are in the theatre district. The Art Institute is the only major college in the theatre District. We were too late setting up the theatre district and most are gone but one block west a few remain. -- The Art Institute and grant park are the former parade grounds for Fort Dearborn. -- Uptown has shrunk It was a high class area that became depressed. We had a program to start restoring the area but the lady in charge embezzled the money So now the politicians will not gave funds to the restoration program. So I am very happy you went to the green mill. Our most established Jazz Night Club -- Chicago is known for Bop style Jazz I think you were seeing Patricia Barber so would have been listening to Cabaret Jazz
@@DariStep Welcome to the worlds capitol of modern architecture. Americas railroad hub. To Americas most beautiful major city. And the cleanest major city in America
@@josephjohnson9805The 10 floor Home Insurance Building in Chicago was the world's first steel framed building and therefore the first skyscraper. Wood and stone only allowed buildings up to 4 or 5 floors.
@@timmethy Yes sadly it is no more... A few others almost as old still exist... I forgot about the Chicago window... Chicago invented the Chicago window...
@@timmethy In Chicago there is a lumber street which used to be lumber mills. They left after the fire mostly... A big part of why Chicago burned is most buildings were wood in old Chicago...
Dari, It's so weird seeing you filming at all these places that I've been to 😊. I usually only put mustard on a hot dog. I don't eat deep dish pizza much either. I prefer our tavern style pizza which is thin crust pizza cut into squares instead of wedges. Michigan has many more interesting places if you head further north that you'd probably enjoy with your group of friends such as Traverse City and Mackinac Island.
In Chicago you just check for all-day parking deals. Workers do it and beats paying the high hourly rates. Still, for the price of that car rental... a uber daily with some walking still would have been cheaper I would think.
This was a good video. Still a lot left to cover in Chicago, like the other museums and even the Brookfield Zoo. The car with the window broken could have happened a thousand miles away from where you saw it, by the way.
Great video Dari, Chicago looks a great place to visit with the river and tall buildings. Of course you see it a lot in movies, but great to see a personal vlog from its streets. Loved the beach excursion as well, good to see you driving again. Really shocked at those parking charges, clearly don't want cars on the streets. Maybe the railway would have been fun for getting around the city? Always enjoy seeing what you are eating and although you didn't like some of the food this time it's great to try new things when visiting a place. Keep travelling!
