- Third most populated city in the United States with 2.7 million people.
- Its metropolitan area, sometimes called Chicagoland, is home to 9.5 million people and is the third-largest in the United States.
- The city lies within the humid continental climate zone, and experiences four distinct seasons. Summers are hot and humid. Winters are cold and snowy with few sunny days. Spring and autumn are mild seasons with low humidity.
- Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed, and experienced rapid growth in the mid-nineteenth century. Today, the city is an international hub for finance, commerce, industry, technology, telecommunications, and transportation.
- The city houses one of the Federal Reserve Banks.
- Chicago and it's suburbs which together comprise the Chicago Metropolitan Area is home to twenty eight Fortune 500 companies and is a transportation and distribution center. Manufacturing, printing, publishing, insurance and food processing also play major roles in the city's economy.
- Due to suburban and urban sprawl Chicago's agricultural scence is very weak. There is urban farming occurring in the city on rooftops, or inside buildings(flowers). Also specialized products such as free-range chickens, ostrich, llamas, buffalo, and organically grown herbs and vegetables are raised on a few suburban farmettes.
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