The Rites Of Passage For Becoming A Chicagoan

The Rites Of Passage For Becoming A Chicagoan
CHICAGO - MAY 24: The John Hancock Center, and partial view of the Chicago Skyline as photographed from the Lincoln Park Zoo Nature Boardwalk in Chicago, Illinois on MAY 24, 2013. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)
CHICAGO - MAY 24: The John Hancock Center, and partial view of the Chicago Skyline as photographed from the Lincoln Park Zoo Nature Boardwalk in Chicago, Illinois on MAY 24, 2013. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)

Moving to Chicago does not make you a Chicagoan no matter what your driver's license says. There are rites of passage that must be endured before you can claim full credentials in the Chicago club.

This came to mind last week when a friend posted a photo of her car on Facebook. Her passenger window had been smashed and glass shards speckled the black bucket seats.

"Almost 7 years living in the city and it hadn't happened yet," she wrote under the photo, "so I'm considering this a delayed rite of passage."

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