The middle American metropolises should model themselves on Chicago.
Chicago came perilously close to becoming the Detroit model in the ‘80s when it elected Harold Washington. Problem with the Chicago model is that it has a White Democrat dictator who is the son of another dictator and no two-party system. Detroit has had a Republican Mayor more recently than Chicago.
I’ve always heard good things about downtown Des Moines, IA. Check it out.
Yikes! Cicero is a hell hole.