Curious for those who frequently fly into ORD. When assigned the dreadful 9L/27R, do you ask for a different runway or just accept it? I'm sure the answer depends on weather and volume of traffic, etc. How accommodating is the tower in otherwise light to moderate volume conditions?

Also, what is consensus on the seemingly overall increase of taxi times across the board? It feels like even a 10C/28C landing, results in a 15/20 minute taxi time to get to T1.