Great Lakes Region Quotes

I loved my time in Minnesota. I loved it so much that I lived up there until 1999.

I just want to shine a light on the city of Chicago.

Chicago is a fantastic city, and I can easily see the Olympics setting themselves right here in Chicago.

I'm from Chicago and it's a huge influence on me.

You know what they say about Chicago. If you don't like the weather, wait fifteen minutes.

At my core, I'm a Midwesterner.

I grew up in Illinois.

Chicago is complicated and complex and very violent but also very rich with history and tradition and art and culture - it's all these things.

My family moved to Buffalo, New York in 1940 where I was raised.

A lot of people don't expect people to live in Chicago. But Chicago is a sick city.

I love Minnesota. The cold is fine with me, being from New Jersey.

I'm not a New Yorker. I grew up in Detroit. A lot of people think it's one big city but they're completely different.

I'm from the Southside of Chicago.

I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work.

When I was writing about Gotham in 'Broken City,' I was writing about Chicago. I just substituted the names.

I'll always identify as a Chicagoan; if it wasn't so cold, I'd be there forever.

I am a son of Detroit. I was born in Detroit.

Youngstown and Toledo have a lot in common.

Being from a place like Chicago you have so much pride in it, there's so many great things that come out of there, but to me not enough people from the city shine a spotlight on the good things that go on with us or the fact that we are innovative and set trends.

Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.

I was born and raised in Detroit.

I'm from Detroit, but Chicago is a second home for me.

First of all, I'm a Midwesterner, being from Kansas, and Chicago is basically a big Midwestern cow town. It was built from the stockyards, and everyone is very friendly, and it's at the edge of the tallgrass prairie. There's just a good feel to it.

Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.