[Vocabulary] chicago-based

Dear all,

Does the adj. "Chicago-based" in "Chicago-based interior designer" means that the designer is from Chicago or that he designs using stuff that have a "Chicagoan nature" or what?

Thanks a lot.

It means that his base, the office/studio/centre/etc where he works, or the place in which he lives, is located in Chicago.

He is from Chicago.

5jj said:

It means that his base, the office/studio/centre/etc where he works, or the place in which he lives, is located in Chicago.

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Thanks a lot for the illustration.:up:

SoothingDave said:

He is from Chicago.

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But he might be from Metuchen (ie, have been born there) and moved to Chicago to live and work.

He's from Chicago now if he's Chicago-based.

To most BE speakers 'Where do you come from?' means 'Where were you born?'

Interesting, as a BrE speaker, I would use things the same way as Rover_KE- he's from Chicago now doesn't work for me.