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Curious City

To Chicago, With Love: What Do Transplants Love About The City?

Curious City

WBEZ Chicago

Society & Culture, Education, Public, Chicago, Arts, City, Radio, Curious, Investigation

4.8642 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

One Chicagoan wants to know what people who moved to Chicago love about the city. From fireflies to marathons, here’s what they have to say.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Curious City editor Alexandra Solomon here.

0:06.0

And I have to say the Curious City team were kind of a sentimental bunch.

0:12.8

We appreciate a good love story.

0:15.7

And with all the stress of this last year, we thought it would be nice to revisit a question we answered a few

0:22.2

years back about what transplants love about Chicago and turn Valentine's day into Valentine's

0:30.2

week. Plus, one Chicagoan would really like her kids to be able to play in the neighborhood

0:35.9

playground. We find out why the city

0:38.1

has decided to keep them closed. But first, Nerdette podcast host Greta Johnson helps us discover

0:44.6

some love. That's coming up next. Planet Money helps you understand the economy.

1:01.1

We find the people at the center of the story.

1:03.5

Garbage in New York.

1:04.9

That was like a controlled substance.

1:07.0

We show you how money influences everything.

1:10.0

Tell me what you like by telling me how you spend your money.

1:13.9

And we dig until we get answers.

1:15.9

I had a bad feeling you're going to bring that up.

1:17.8

Planet Money finds out.

1:19.1

All you have to do is listen.

1:20.8

The Planet Money podcast from NPR.

1:23.5

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1:27.1

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1:30.2

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