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[pantryslut]

As a former resident of Hyde (!!!) Park in Chicago, I just want to say that this description by Jim Butcher (original post with bonus WTF here) is a dueling offense.

(Also, I had no idea who Jim Butcher was until I read this.)

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[tyrannio.livejournal.com]

I'll have to look for the empanadas.

[nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com]

He also thinks that Wrigley Field is surrounded by extensive parking. Perhaps one could forgive his first couple of books, back when he was a minor midlister, but he could certainly afford to visit Chicago now.

[fengi.livejournal.com]

I wish Butcher had called it CityTown or something as it's pretty much a generic urban backlot which contains whatever is necessary to the plot. Then he wouldn't feel obligated to graft inept local references onto a setting which is mostly a vague notion of distance between scenes.

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

He also thinks that Wrigley Field is surrounded by extensive parking.

This OTOH merits hearty guffaws.

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

P.S. if he lives as close as Milwaukee, he has no excuse at any point in his career.

[nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com]

Oklahoma or something, if I remember correctly.

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

Missouri, sez Wikipedia. Not so close but still just one state away. Buy a bus ticket already! Mennonites don't bite!

[shadefell.livejournal.com]

http://www.jackfredrickson.com/index2.htm
You might like Jack Fredrickson's mysteries. Set in Chicago, written by someone familiar with Chicago.