> Subs aren’t really a thing out there.

Huh? You can definitely get subs in Chicago. The Italian beef sandwich is, basically, a kind of sub. You can get regular cold cut subs, too.

> Chicago style pizza is an abomination. It’s not pizza.

Chicago-style pizza is definitely very very different from the pizza that you get in the Northeast, and I think you could argue that it's different enough to be a separate type of food. But I think it's fucking awesome. And it's pretty unique, too - you can get good thin-crust pizza pretty much anywhere, but I've never really had good Chicago-style deep dish outside of the Chicago area.

And thin crust and Sicilian pizza exists in Chicago, and is often quite good. Actually, people eat it more than deep dish - deep dish is kind of seen as something for tourists and special occasions.

Source: Have lived in Boston, Chicago, and NYC.