I want to visit the Chicago Metropolitan area I have seen a lot about it and want to go there and see it
It's definitely been hailed as one of America's more "active" cities, especially because it has an MSA population of 9.5 million and a CSA population of 9.9 million. That amount brings it up to being the third biggest metropolitan area in the US. So much activity going on with a population of that size.
Kind of like a runner up to New York city I am thinking
Yeah, you could view it that way, if you want. But it has its own style, too. It's no slouch, especially economically, with one that is incredibly large and diversified, having more than four million employees, with more than a $561 billion annual gross regional product generation. We're talking 400 major corporate headquarters, with 31 of them in the Fortune 500. Chicago deserves credit.