# chicago (city)

a large city that is located in a place where many people live

- Computed level: L13 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: common  ·  Arena: chicago

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [city](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-city.place), [big](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-big.size), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [large](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-large.size), [live](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-live.biological), [located](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-located.spatial), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent)

**Through:** A city is large and many people live there, and it is located in a space, making it a distinct urban center.

**Novel properties:**
- urban concentration
- population density
- spatially situated settlement

## Examples
- Chicago grew to over 2.7 million people by 1900, concentrated around the Loop and lakefront. *(demographics)*
- The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed 3.3 square miles but the city rebuilt densely within decades. *(history)*
- O'Hare International Airport handles 70+ million passengers yearly, anchoring Chicago's role in global air travel. *(transportation)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-chicago.city*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-chicago.city.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*