Talk:Valparaiso, Indiana
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[edit] Chicago Metropolitan Area
I think this is a useful piece of information for those who don't know where Valparaiso is. Being a part of Chicagoland is a big part of the region's identity, too -- many people live in Valpo and work in Chicago. It's also regarded that way in an official sense, too. Illuminatedwax 01:57, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Without a doubt. When telling people the name of any suburb, the first thing you tell them is what metro it's a part of. In my experience, most people outside of the immediate area aren't familiar with Valparaiso (except possibly for the university or its basketball team), but when you tell them it's in the Chicago metro, they understand. It's incomprehensible to me that somebody wouldn't think this shouldn't be included. It's arguably the most important thing that should be included. 152.228.97.28 21:33, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
It's nice to see two people interested in factual details and who have local knowledge participating but don't expect your input to last. You shall be edited out by someone who claims that no such region as Chicagoland exists, that the Chicago Metropolitan Area ends at the Lake County line, that the Calumet Region ends at the Illinois state line, and that Valpo is part of Southlake, a "region" I have never heard of except in his Wikipedia editings (and as the former name of a shopping mall). At least the battle over whether Valparaiso looks to South Bend or Chicago as its big city hasn't been completely won by those who imagine that South Bend is more important than Chicago.
"This article or section is written like an advertisement. Please help rewrite this article from a neutral point of view." Is this a joke? Surely Wikipedia policy encourages this. Each community's write-up includes data from the Census Bureau, short articles consisting only of that. Lists of businesses are encouraged. Contributers adding historical details or topical information often draw complaints, if those details are not in the latest guidebooks which the editors look to. I understand that Wikipedia relies on unpaid volunteers but putting mainly people with vested interests in the write-ups' slants in charge of things here is bringing the problems on yourselves. And this isn't just about cities. Each band article features details of how high each record made it on the sales lists. What on earth does that have to do with music? What it has to do with is business. If Valpo was purely residential, I don't suppose it would be featured here at all. IanHistor 22:07, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
