Still: I think that you can only truly get a feeling for a city when you have seen it at it's best and at it's worst. I think in the early mornings when commuters are still dreaming, and taxi ignitions are off, when "Closed" signs appear in most the windows and the sun is just rising, that is when a city is at it's best. Metra dropped me off in the city @ 6:15a today. It was still dark, and with the exception of the road crews finishing up their work, their wasn't a sound in the city. No horns honking, no cell phones, no talking, no radio blaring, it was just still....