McDonald’s have only themselves to blame. Until 2018, their corporate headquarters had been located for over 30 years in a beautiful suburban location in Oak Brook, IL about 20 miles west of downtown Chicago. Then some C-level idiots decided they needed to attract a younger, hipper workforce and the only way to do that was move the HQ to downtown Chicago. They timed the move perfectly to coincide with the explosion of murders (from an already high rate) in Chicago along with the Fentanyl Floyd riots and the other unnatural disasters of the Lori Lightfoot reign.
It didn’t make sense for McDonalds to move from Oakbrook. That is a beautiful campus set back in the woods with a lake. And right next door is Butler National golf course. You would think that’s a great recruiting tool for the younger generation.
Anyway, I hear Ace Hardware is moving in there as their new HQ.