DEAR ERIC: Recently I was chatting with a new neighbor and said that I had lived in Chicago for a number of years prior to moving to my current city. This new neighbor looked at me and said, “I’m sorry.” When I said, “sorry about what,” he turned and walked away. Can you shed some light on this?

– Former Chicagoan

DEAR CHICAGOAN: As someone who loves Chicago whenever I visit, I don’t think there’s any light to shed here, alas. People who feel the need to denigrate entire cities need to work on their conversational skills. Maybe get a hobby. It shows a real lack of understanding about how large the world is. It’s silly to write off an entire city. It’s silly to write off an entire block. If you don’t want to live someplace, that’s perfectly fine. But to say no one should live there or it’

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