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_homegrown t1_j75gc7m wrote

Reply to comment by TheMikri in Is there any reason why the wind is so much more aggressive in Jersey City compared to the surrounding areas? by yesiam_samiam

To give you (or someone else) the background on the politics thing... Chicago politicians argued so long for the World's Fair that it became known as the windy City because the politicians were long winded...

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bodhipooh t1_j76wybd wrote

>became known as the windy City because the politicians were long winded...

Not because they were long winded, but because they were supposedly called windbags in a NYC press editorial! A wingbag is someone who talks at length but says little of value. NYC and Chicago were competing against each other to host the World Fair and the Chicago advocates were derided in that editorial as being wingbags. But, the World Fair theory is more like an apocryphal story. Even before the World Fair's shenanigans, Chicago politicians (and residents) had a reputation for being full of hot air, and that's a theory for the Windy City moniker that holds more water.

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TheMikri t1_j75iqsu wrote

Ah, good to know it originated with the World Fair. Thanks!!

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