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.
My wife refuses to leave. I have relatives in Texas and Florida, so if not for that, we’d probably be there. Although there are fewer and fewer places left to move as the Dems mastery of ballot stuffing in metropolitan areas creates one-party states across the nation.