OK first post here, but I used to live in Chicago and couldn't resist. Basically it was started as a joke site to make fun of the crowd who lived in lincoln park but then a lot of people who were being made fun of started using it in a non-ironic way. so there are like 3 levels of postmodernity on that thing; it makes your head spin after awhile. you rarely know who's being serious anymore (although i'm pretty sure "Tomislav the Laborer" isn't a serious post). but i do know that 'stan grabowski' in the forums currently lives in dc.