Windy City And Chicago Similarities

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The two similarities that I will list in this essay is architecture and the different types of food Chicago and New York City Are two of the biggest cities in the U.S.A. With New York holding 8.5 million people and Chicago with 2.7 million people, the third most populous city in America. Chicago and New York are very similar in many ways. They both have a nickname Chicago's is "The Windy City" and New York's is "The Big Apple". Chicago is home to many magnificent buildings and skyscrapers. The Sears Tower is the 2nd tallest building at 1,729 feet. It was the tallest building in the world from 1973-1998. The Sears Tower is also a great tourist attraction with a glass bottom sky box on the 104th floor. Another building in Chicago is

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