Why do they call it chicagoland

I grew up in the suburbs and, even then as a kid, my parents taught me to say that we were from the western suburbs of Chicago. My hope is we strive to be more inclusive. The most Chicago joint in all of Chicagoland. Donate Contact About Us Newsletter. The suburbs are not Chicago, but more Chicagoland unity is needed.

Facebook Twitter Google Plus Email print. Image: ProximityOne But there are a few other official government definitions of the region that are a little different.

Is this Chicagoland? Having grown up in Northwest Indiana, Chicagoland has always been a standard term. I think metro Chicago sounds stupid. A quick search of the Chicago Tribune archives shows that the term appeared in the paper as early as , with the first headline using the term in According to Wikipedia so take it as you will : "Colonel Robert R.

McCormick, editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, usually gets credit for placing the term in common use. The Tribune was the dominant newspaper in a vast area stretching to the west of the city, and that hinterland was closely tied to the metropolis by rail lines and commercial links. If you don't like Metro Chicago, how about Greater Chicago? Chicagoland sounds very uppity to me, All other large cities use the term "metro" or "greater" in front of it, and now Chicago needs their own term?

Or maybe Detroit should be called Detroitland and include Flint. Then it could be called Murderland instead. First off, many other metropelxes have nicknames that are used commonly when suffering to an area. Secondly, it is not like all of a sudden Chicago decided last year that the area around the city should be "Chicagoland".

It has been in use since at least , if not earlier. Other examples include the commuter culture, or the people who travel into the city for work; favorite sports teams; dialects and slang; time zones Northwest Indiana shares a time zone with the rest of Chicagoland, and not the rest of the state. Chicagoland is the area bound by Chicago and all of it's suburbs. Chicagoland is huge and everyone seems to know eachother.

I don't live in Chicago , but I live in Chicagoland. Chicagoland Area. The city of Chicago is the center of the so-called " Chicagoland Area ".