Chicago has a million ways to tell you to get lost. Some are polite. Most are not. This one is a billboard you can wear, the kind you throw on when you are done being nice about it.

Strange Gang made this for the people who live here and actually show up here. The ones who know the city is not a stage prop for someone else’s ego. You do not get to parachute in, treat folks like background noise, then expect a warm welcome like you invented the skyline.

The print hits like a scuffed old gig poster you found taped to a light pole near the Blue Line. Big block type, vintage grit, and those four Chicago stars parked underneath like a warning label. It is blunt on purpose. It is Chicago on purpose.

It is for the kid who grew up in Rogers Park. The bartender in Logan Square. The teacher in Pilsen. The auntie in Bronzeville. The grad student in Hyde Park. The night owl in Uptown. The friend in Bridgeport who always has a marker in their bag and a plan in their head.

Wear it to a protest. Wear it to vote. Wear it to the grocery store when you do not feel like smiling at anyone who thinks cruelty is a personality. Pair it with a mini skirt and boots, or cargos and beat-up sneakers, or a hoodie tied at the waist like it is 2003 and you have places to be. Keep it fitted and cropped, or size up and let it hang messy and relaxed.

If you went to UIC or DePaul, you already know how fast a room changes when you walk in with the right sentence on your shirt. If you are a UChicago brain or a Northwestern commuter, consider this your commute armor. It starts the conversation so you do not have to.

Chicago has always had a spine. This tee is that spine, loud and local, block by block. For anyone who hears the name and thinks not in my city, good. For anyone who thinks that is too harsh, welcome to Chicago. We are not here to babysit his feelings.