Why is there no Western Seaboard? Or Gulf Seaboard?

[yabob]

@Markxxx

Well there IS an East Side (Wikipedia) of Chicago

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Well, OK, but that article even notes that it’s pretty obscure:

The bubble-gum pop song The Night Chicago Died refers to the East Side of Chicago, confusing even native Chicagoans who have never heard of the East Side. It is likely the band (Paper Lace), being from Nottingham, England, had no knowledge of Chicago geography and simply used “East Side” out of ignorance.

Bolding mine. And given its location, it’s actually the east side of the south side.

[jnglmassiv]

@Markxxx

Probably for the same reason people say “there’s no east side of Chicago.” Of course there is, there’s an east side to everything.

Milwaukee’s East Side is a neighborhood right up against the lake and I lived there for 5 years while a student. As an otherwise lifelong Chicagoan, it always seemed strange to say/hear East Side.