[pierrem15]

I moved to Chicago 32 years ago. I saw it improve in the 90's, falter after the 2008 recession, and go downhill from there. The 2020 riots and Illinois' strict lockdown destroyed enormous swathes of businesses and downtown especially has never recovered. On top of that, Cook County's Soros prosecutors have been so easy on violent criminals that I now see more white faces in mugshots because white criminals are coming into the city from the suburbs to steal. With the exception of some busses during the day, public transportation is so unsafe and unreliable my wife and I refuse to use it.

If they drive the CME and other businesses out of the city, Chicago will become Detroit with a better lake view.

[ought-six]

I have never lived in Chicago, or even Cook County, but my office was downtown, in the Loop. I rode the train to work and back every day. I retired in 2016, and I haven’t been in Chicago or Cook County since the day I retired; and I have absolutely no intention of ever doing so.

[KC_Conspirator]

I grew up there and moved out about when you moved in. They cleaned up big parts of the city and I was a regular visitor to family and friends in the 90s and 2000s. Place took a dive when Rahm became mayor and has gotten worse.