Second City

            The term second city, intended to be derogatory, may have had an opposite effect. Rather than discouraging Chicagoans it inspired them to exceed their reputation. Being second to New York city pushed Chicago to be bigger and better. Being the underdog made Chicago search for new ways to surpass the designs happening elsewhere. Doing what everyone else was doing would not put them on top, rather they had to be innovative and make designs that were unlike anything anyone had seen before.