Lots of people have left Chicago.
Whether it’s COVID-related, a work-from-home lifestyle, or social unrest downtown, Chicago residents are leaving the city. We closely examined 39,000 moves into and out of Chicago from March 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020, and learned the following: Nationally, measures taken by local, state, and...
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More people are leaving Illinois. The biggest jumps are among older folks, high-income residents and those with college degrees.
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Yes, lack of investments, particularly the disparity of investments in certain areas of the city.
https://chicago.curbed.com/2019/5/23/18637211/chicago-segregation-inequity-investment-lori-lightfoot
Yes, Chicago winters are still extreme. Record snowfall in 2013-2014
In addition, the all-time record low maximum temperature of −11 °F (−24 °C) was set on December 24, 1983, and tied on January 18, 1994. However in late January 2019, a violent polar vortex drifted southward, enveloping the city in new record-breaking temperatures as low as −23 °F (−31 °C) on January 30.
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Thanks for a glowing moment of honesty.
Lol, violent crime has not dropped in the city of Chicago.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/10/29/22751518/downtown-chicago-loop-shootings-murder-river-north vi