This City is my City

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I live in Illinois, a town called Mount Prospect which is composed of about 55,000 residents. I went to a high school that was a 20 minute drive from my house since I was on the border of two different high school’s line of residence. I live about 25 minutes outside of Chicago but I feel as if I live there because of all the time I spend in the city. When I’m in the city, I feel at home and comfortable even though I am in a huge city with larger-than-life buildings. I have made some of the best memories I will never forget down in the city of Chicago.
Ever since I was in my mother’s stomach, I have been going downtown to watch the “Festival of Lights” parade. We go with my aunt, uncle and cousins every year the weekend before Thanksgiving. My whole family and I are obsessed with Disney and Mickey lights up the city with his magic wand. For 19 years, I have been going to the parade and I will go every other year I can. It is a tradition in my family that can hopefully be passed down for a while. Since the parade starts at about 7 we go down early and go to State Street. Every holiday season, the Macy’s on State Street has decorative windows that have a different theme every year. We also go into Macy’s and look for Christmas/ Hanukkah presents for the upcoming holidays.
Over the summer, I tend to spend more time down in the city than I do in Mount Prospect. Whether it is going down at night with my friends to get cheap tickets for the Cubs game, or with my family to watch the firework show at Navy Pier, we are always downtown. In July, I went to Chicago the day before I left for my two week vacation in Florida to buy some last minute clothes for the trip. When I came back, the Blackhawks had won the Stanley Cup and they were h...

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...gs to do. My whole life, we watched the Bulls together and that was just our bonding. I got the opportunity to buy two tickets from a friend for a Bulls/ Knicks game. When I got the tickets I didn’t even hesitate who I was going to bring. My father and I went to the Bulls game this past December and it was one of the best nights of my life. They won and ended the Knicks 14 game winning streak but the best part was that I was with my father and he was with me. I will never forget that game and I love him dearly.
As the evidence clearly shows, some of my best memories I have made in my 19 years have been downtown. Whether I was down with my family for a tradition we hold, down with my best friends to have make memories, or even down with my father to watch the Bulls play, I had the best times there. When people ask me where I am from I say Chicago with no hesitation.

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