Are you talking about the government or the city itself? The actual town and people are wonderful. Downtown Chicago is one of the most beautiful urban areas in the world.
The politicians that run Cook and Sangamon Counties are a cancer eating at the entire sate. As for the city proper, I could care less. It is what it is — and it does not excite me. I’m not an urban city dweller because it’s too much like living in a hive. The only things that have interested me were the Shedd Aquarium, Field Natural History Museum, Adler Planetarium, and Museum of Science and Industry.