I was watching the news a couple days ago, something I very rarely do and you could tell it was a slow news day - stories about random new police dogs and video games. But there was one story that interested me.
Apparently seats in Millenium Park are very valuable. Seats there are first come first serve and Chicago residents have been complaining that the good seats are going before they can get to them. They want priviledges because they are residents. At first I agreed.
Yah, they live there why not? Until I heard their reasoning.
In an article of the Sun-Times I found later on the same issue, a Chicagoan says "You have people from the suburbs who get there earlier and glom onto all the seats. ... They’re putting their blankets across rows and rows of chairs". In the news all these Chicagoans were saying how it's not fair that people from the Suburbs come up ridiculously early and take all the good seats. Ok. Come ON. If these people are driving an hour to Chicago to get their early and get good seats why can't someone who lives inside the city get their early enough to get
their good seats? I understand their concern when they say that this is where their tax money is going and it's "not fair" but if people an hour away can get their so early why can't they?
The trial on this issue ended with my viewpoint winning because of Chicago's idea to treat all tourists as if they were Chicagoans but their were still some strong viewpoints on the other side. What do you think about this? Should the priviledge be their because they are paying the taxes or is it a free-for-all for whoever gets there first? Both points I think are very strong but in my opinion I just think the residents are thinking lazily (if that's possible). I'm all for their point on their tax paying but when it comes to getting there early I think they can do that. It's not that hard.
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