Oft discussed but still not resolved.  

They're each excellent, in their own way, but representing very different genres. New York pizza is all about how the crust, cheese, and sauce, combine in delicate balance to dance a Tarantella on your tongue.  Chicago pizza was, IMHO, appropriately made for residents of the "Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders" (Carl Sandburg poem). You can't fold a slice but it'll keep you warm and full on the coldest of Chicago nights!

In one of those cooking shows on TV, a pizza restaurant owner from Brooklyn opened places in New Jersey and Chicago.
He could not make exactly the same pizza crust, so he has to bring water from New York.

Doesn't surprise me. I bet that's also why the bagels and bialys are so much better. Come to think of it, I can't remember seeing bialys available outside NY. Ok, gotta stop now. This thread is making me hungry!

They ship them anywhere in the US.

Years ago, going back and forth between NY and Boston, I stopped in New Haven to check out the "world famous" Pepe's Pizza http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Pepe_Pizzeria_Napoletana (now expanded to 10 locations in MA, RI, and NY).  I waited on line outside for over an hour for what? Disappointment. An overpriced little pizza. It was good, but not great. Do you think I can tell the diff between hand sliced tomatoes in the sauce versus machine sliced? Or different kinds of (all good) oregano? Or virgin olive oil and extra virgin OO once it's been baked in a pie? Maybe some of you can, but not me.  
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Another time, I checked out Sally's Apizza, next to Pepe's and also with a long line and wait. Same deal. Good pizza but not worth the wait or the premium price. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally%27s_Apizza   BTW, "Sally" is the nickname of the son, Salvatore, not Charlie Brown's sister Sally. (Cyndi Lauper's "Sally's Pigeons" is also about Salvatore's Pigeons. If you grew up with Italian friends and neighbors, it's not so strange.)  
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Not pizza, but I also felt obligated to check out Louis' Lunch (est 1895), a tiny little hamburger joint that claims to have invented the modern hamburger in 1900. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%27_Lunch An OK but overpriced burger. And they've got some strange rules like "no ketchip" and they will humiliate you for even asking. Can any of you tell whether your toast was toasted in an electric toaster or a gas-fired toaster? Not me. Maybe I'll go back again and bring a big bottle of ketchup with me.  
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I like NYC Neapolitan pizza more than Boston Neapolitan pizza. I like Chicago deep dish pizza with extras (chicken, shrimp, etc.). Sometimes I like Sicilian style pizza. I don't like Greek-style pizza made in a round pan (NY, Boston and elsewhere). I'm not all that picky.  

...yeah : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMygg27nZcs  lol

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The one on Lex near 46th is the best, IMO, but they are all quite decent.
Why pay more?

... if these are my only choices, then I would choose Chicago deep dish even though I'd never tried a genuine New York style pizza.  

First, because you really can't do a comparison of something you've never tried. And it's gotta be the real deal in NY, not some pretender in another city claiming to be "just as good" (ain't gonna happen).

It's a thick dish of glop, nothing like the original Neapolitan pizza that found it's way to NY, where it still holds sway.  Chicago has some great food, but their so-called pizza and their ridiculous version of the hot dog ain't it.

Devin stop pretending you eat pizza lol we all know you do Not get that figure while eating pizza , nothin doin i don’t believe it ! Lol lover you , Pollie

..."you really can't do a comparison of something you've never tried."

I've had Round Table pizza and, as far as pizza chains/franchises go, it's definitely better than most. But that's comparing it to Domino's and Pizza Hut and places like that. But good NY pizza is in a class of it's own and, even if you currently think you don't like thin-crust pizza, if you ever find yourself in NY you owe it to your taste buds to give it a whirl.

It is a great debate that often leads to interesting discussions...

I've watch quite a few shows on Food Network/Youtube comparing "best pizzas" in NY and in the U.S. and I've gotta say that some of the pizzas in NY looked absolutely amazing. So I will definitely give them a try if I'm ever in the NYC area.

You could absolutely do that!  NY Pizza is like an appetizer, you're NEVER full after eating it.  There is totally room for Chicago Cheese Pie for dinner right after.  

I didn't know the hotdog here is different from NYC.
I have to try one and see....but, what is the issue with it?

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It's that thing over on the middle left, near Canada.

a pickle and all kinds of other vegetable matter.  If you want a real hot dog go to Nathan's on Coney Island, Gray's Papaya or Walter's Hot Dogs in Mamaroneck, NY  Also, rippers from NJ ain't bad.

are delish.... just sayin