Maybe I worded my comment poorly, I agree Chicago has nicer parks and cooler places to check out like shed aquarium or navy pier along the waterfront. What I was talking about is the fact there's a highway that divides all that from the city making it harder to easily access

Awesome, more highways that would cut the city off from the harbor and further divide the city making it even more inaccessable to anyone that doesnt have a car or want to drive. Thats great for someone who only wants to get in and out of the city as fast as possible, but as someone that lives and drives in the city, I'd much rather have access to the waterfront than an easier way in and out

Chicago does not have a better waterfront than Baltimore. Chicago is usually the city that's an example of how to f up a waterfront, they put a highway between the city and the shore making it much harder to access. Imagine it there was a highway to nowhere size road between downtown/fells/fed and the harbor, that's Chicago.