Chicago's getting trounced in Gawker's "Great American News City" poll, vote us up

No surprise that Gawker's largely NYC-centric audience doesn't think much of Chicago, especially when their "summary" of our news is loaded with so many 20-year-old trends. Jordan? Vice Lords? Gimme a break.

I had to laugh that apparently neither Chicago nor Los Angeles or San Francisco has immigrants, and Chicago no longer has any mafioso. Despite Chicago and LA as both being great cities for foodies, apparently we must not have any great restaurants here. I did have to laugh at the weak gang list (haven't they read the gang crime commission report?) but not noting San Francisco for their huge Chinatown (sorry NYC but the do have a huge Chinatown) seemed like a major gaffe. Then again, with no immigrants except in NYC...

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Poll update. We've climbed into second place. NYC still in first.

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What are you talking about? Is there something I'm missing? This thread's about Gawker's News city poll....? Right?

Don't worry. I share your confusion, lana4d.

lemme second that "huh?"

Now that we've all weighed in, allow me to explain that the poll results are also reflective of whether our postings attract visitors as measured by the "clicks."

If we want to best New York in the results such as the one mentioned by John, may I suggest that we continue efforts to improve content by writing our own blogs & contributing videos & still imagery.

Kristen's 103rd story vantage video tour of the Willis (Sears) Tower is a good example of a fresh new approach.