Chicago vs New York

[Catholics vs. Convicts]

My love for Chicago and general distaste for New York is well-documented, so my vote is clear

NYC is NYC.  It's incredible, and it deserves all the attention and respect it gets.  It makes Chicago look like how Chicago folks think of Indianapolis.

With that said, I think Chicago is such a unique city with its layout and scenery, and I'll take the people of Chicago over the people of NYC any day.  I personally think Chicago is the best city in the United States, and I've met multiple Europeans (relatively unbiased, right?) who've agreed and like it better than New York specifically because it wasn't almost too massive to appreciate/take in at once.  It's a great city.

My vote goes to my home state's biggest city for sure.

[Catholics vs. Convicts]

I have lived in both, They each have good and bad points, The tie breaker for me is [b{Pizza[/b] so NY wins

Okay, okay, I'll hear any argument for NYC out there, but WHAT?!

How many Chicago residents actually order a deep dish?

True!  It's more of a special occasion type of pizza for actual Chicagoans.  We take our out of town friends there.  TRUE Chicago pizza is thin crust, think Vito & Nicks, Barracos

Being a Peorian, I get deep dish every time I'm in town.

However, I'll take (super) thin crust pizza from Agatucci's (Peoria) over anything I've had in Chicago, not even kidding.

Giordanos?
Lou's?
Ginos?
Uno?
Pequods?
Pizanos?

The proper deep dish is Giordanos, but Pequods is good too.  Lou's is cardboard crap.

Also, the best thin crust in Chicago is found on the south side. 

Ready for some real blasphemy?  Papa Del's (Champaign) might be better than all of 'em!!  Always been a Malnati's fan, but Giordano's was amazing last visit.

My rankings:

Thick
1. Lou Malnatis
2. Giordano's
3. Uno's
4. Papa Dell's
5. Connie's

Thin
1. Aurelio's
2. Beggar's
3. Rosati's

I'm not one of those "Chicago people" who never eats deep dish. I eat it very regularly. New York pizza is very delicious, but the fact that Chicago has both deep dish AND thin crust, which has a fantastic sauce and cheese, on a whole there's no doubt Chicago pizza beats NY pizza.

[Catholics vs. Convicts]

I have lived in both, They each have good and bad points, The tie breaker for me is [b{Pizza[/b] so NY wins

Okay, okay, I'll hear any argument for NYC out there, but WHAT?!

How many Chicago residents actually order a deep dish?

True!  It's more of a special occasion type of pizza for actual Chicagoans.  We take our out of town friends there.  TRUE Chicago pizza is thin crust, think Vito & Nicks, Barracos

I actually eat it fairly frequently. I order-out a pizza every Friday night and rotate thin crust-deep dish every other week. So, 50% of the time I am ordering a pizza, it is deep dish.

Same thing. I probably rotate through Lou's, Girodano's, Lou's, and thin crust. The truth is that we just can't go wrong with local Chicago-style (thin or thick) pizza.

230 AM Antonio's is where it's at for Champaign pizza.

Good memories. I love how many Illini alum we have on this forum.

Absolutely. After the bars let out it was Antonio's, Fat Sandwich (probably had a few too many), first Wendy's than McDonalds, or sometimes Dick's Dogs van on Fourth (we were KofC buddies; he had the best drunk stories after serving hotdogs on campus for 40 years). And yeah, God Bless all of the Illini on Atlas. #WeWillWin