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The Anti-Awards

24 rankings. Every one is the true extreme of a real measurement — there is no worst city, only cities magnificently bad at one specific thing.

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The weather6
The Sauna You Can’t LeaveThe Bedroom That Never CoolsThe Umbrella EconomyRain, By The MetreSixteen Thousand DaysThe Year Without a Window
The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
The Great Escape IndexHardest City to Leave (In a Hurry)The Domestic BubbleThe Hibernating AirportThe Perth Meridian
The ground and the sky4
The Wobbliest GroundThe Volcano PartyThe Volcano Next DoorThe 3 p.m. Sunset Club
Everything else3
The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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🇺🇸 United States · metro 67k · 2,275 venues mapped

Chicago Heights

Where Chicago Heights places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is shops open on sunday, where it ranks 7 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇺🇸 Joliet 37 km Nearest written profile 🇨🇦 Toronto 📖 717 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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Come for everything else Chicago Heights does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink2,275 places mapped
07:00–22:00
0006121824
8%
open past midnight
97%
open on Sundays
105h
open per week
10%
open 24/7
Shops & errands1,323 places mapped
08:00–22:00
0006121824
1%
open past midnight
99%
open on Sundays
98h
open per week
11%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
26
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
123
umbrella days a year
44.4 m
of rain since 1981
930
days over 30 °C, of 16,627
0
volcanoes within 100 km
1647.5 km
to Dotsero
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:24
winter sunset (solar approx.)
15.2 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
17,678
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureChicago Heights RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 8.5% 215 of 1,878 🇨🇳 Beijing 8.5%🇺🇸 Blue Springs 8.5%🇺🇸 Camarillo 8.5%🇬🇧 Camberley 8.5%Chicago Heights🇲🇽 Cholula 8.5%🇹🇯 Dushanbe 8.5%🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City 8.5%🇷🇴 Iași 8.5%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 105 h 18 of 1,878 🇻🇳 Thái Nguyên 106.8 h🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi 105 h🇹🇷 Alanya 105 h🇲🇪 Budva 105 hChicago Heights🇻🇳 Cần Thơ 105 h🇦🇪 Dubai 105 h🇻🇳 Huế 105 h🇺🇸 Jacksonville 105 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 46.7% 54 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Tampa 47.1%🇺🇸 Flint 46.8%🇺🇸 Greenwood 46.8%🇺🇸 Hemet 46.8%Chicago Heights🇺🇸 Saint Joseph 46.6%🇺🇸 Mesa 45.9%🇺🇸 Wilkes-Barre 45.9%🇺🇸 Findlay 45.8%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 0% 384 of 1,878 🇷🇺 Cheboksary 0%🇷🇺 Cherepovets 0%🇺🇦 Cherkasy 0%🇺🇦 Chernihiv 0%Chicago Heights🇲🇽 Cholula 0%🇨🇳 Chongqing 0%🇰🇷 Chuncheon 0%🇨🇴 Chía 0%
Never close at all% open 24/7 10.3% 128 of 1,878 🇱🇾 Tripoli 10.4%🇻🇳 Đà Nẵng 10.4%🇹🇷 Alanya 10.3%🇮🇹 Brindisi 10.3%Chicago Heights🇲🇾 Johor Bahru 10.3%🇺🇸 Jonesboro 10.3%🇺🇸 Lakeland 10.3%🇮🇳 Mangaluru 10.3%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 99.2% 7 of 1,704 🇯🇵 Kobe 99.3%🇯🇵 Mito 99.3%🇺🇸 Riverside 99.3%🇷🇺 Tambov 99.3%Chicago Heights🇷🇺 Irkutsk 99.2%🇺🇸 Moreno Valley 99.2%🇷🇺 Moscow 99.2%🇺🇸 Norristown 99.2%

The same questions are asked of the 126 cities with a written profile, where each one gets its method and its full standings: kitchens open past midnight, hours open per week, open before 8 a.m., vanish at lunch, shops open on sunday.

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