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On the other hand, Chicago has 2 of America's top 10 restaurants in Charlie Trotters and Alinea. Everest and Tru are also excellent. Those four restaurants are better than any restaurant in Philadelphia. The next 10 or so restaurants are roughly the same quality as the Fountain. As far as restaurants go, only three cities in the US compete with Chicago; NYC, Las Vegas and San Francisco (in that order).
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haha. Alexandre, I think u know better about Chicago restaurants than I. I live in Chicago (north suburb) and haven't been to any of those places u mentioned. But, Chicago is an excellent city for any food lovers. Not to mention, I am willing to say that Chicago is one of the greatest sports towns in the country. (probably best only after NYC) Plus, talking about Northwestern, it is located in Evanston, which has many excellent, affordable restaurants and bars around it. I actually live pretty close to NU campus and have a bunch of hs friends at NU. So, I know the area pretty well. I haven't been to Penn, but I've been to philly twice. And, maybe it's bc I was used to living in Chicago, but I felt that Philly just did not match up to Chicago in any measure. It's much smaller, downtown was not as aesthetically beautiful as Chicago's, and the city vibe was just not so energetic. I thought that philly was pretty similar, in its overall vibe, to Baltimore. Only other U.S. cities that I felt were good enough to be mentioned along Chicago would be San Fran and NYC. The Chicago downtown is just beautiful and only those two cities, IMO, were comparable in energy level, architectural beauty, etc. to Chicago. In addition, NU is located in a relatively wealthy neighborhood of Chicago suburb and it is very safe. (although south side of Evanston gets dangerous at night)
Aside from this city discussion, both NU and Penn are very good schools, and aside business(wharton), I think that two schools are pretty comparable academically. (w/ slight edge to Penn in overall rep)