Chicago

Chicago (/ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊ/ (listen) shih-KAH-goh, locally also /ʃɪˈkɔːɡoʊ/ shih-KAW-goh), officially the City of Chicago, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the third-most populous city in the United States, following New York City and Los Angeles. With a population of 2,746,388 in the 2020 census, it is also the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the fifth-most populous city in North America. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, the second-most populous county in the U.S., while a small portion of the city's O'Hare Airport also extends into DuPage County. Chicago is the principal city of the Chicago metropolitan area, defined as either the U.S. Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical area (9.6 million people) or the combined statistical area (almost 10 million residents), often called Chicagoland. It is one of the 40 largest urban areas in the world.
Located on the shores of freshwater Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed and grew rapidly in the mid-19th century. After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, which destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, the city rebuilt. The construction boom accelerated population growth throughout the following decades, and by 1900, less than 30 years after the great fire, Chicago was the fifth-largest city in the world. Chicago made noted contributions to urban planning and zoning standards, including new construction styles (including the Chicago School of architecture), the development of the City Beautiful Movement, and the steel-framed skyscraper.
== Rock and Roll Music ==
This oneshot took place in Chicago, at Charley's motorbike repair shop, Last Chance. Ikran's young self-narrator is from there and hangs out with the Biker Mice often. In this case, she was cheered up by Vinnie as he jammed to the song of the same name by the Beach Boys. In one verse, he even declared, "So keep on rockin' at Chicago!", which made the other Biker Mice, the narrator, and Charley cheer!
== The Myth of Mars ==
In it, it was implied that Chicago has its own Regenerator created by Stoker similar to the one on Mars. And it was thanks in that place that life can exist on the Red Planet thus letting humans colonize it, thanks to the leftover ancient relics of motorcycles, VHS tapes of the Biker Mice, etc.
== Gallery ==
File:WGN Chicago logo.png|WGN Chicago logo
File:Typhoon -Yuzuru- (Chicago).jpg|Typhoon in Chicago
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