LoL and you think Chicago’s politics were not at least as corrupt as when you were here in the past? All those things you like are still here with all you liked as before. Lou Malnati’s still tastes great, Greek town will fill you up, and the Chicago Symphony is still the world’s best band. And the Magnificent Mile is still Magnificent.
Compared to the 19th century Chicago is a hotbed of virtue in the corruption department. We haven’t even had an alderman sent to the hoosegow in several years.
Really, according to whom? Better than Berlin Philharmonic? Better than Vienna Philharmonic? Better than the super-awesome Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra? Check out this list - Chicago, while the best in the US, is only #5 overall:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97291390