[nfldgirl]

As far as the IOC not picking Chicago because of concern for safety...I don’t buy that one bit. Rio is a heavily crime-laden city...worse than Chicago, no doubt. Had to be something else besides a concern for safety.

[HiTech RedNeck]

In Rio are they more likely to snatch your purse or to shoot you in a drive by?

[SeekAndFind]

Had to be something else besides a concern for safety.

My guess is ROTATION ( AKA Affirmative Action ) was give higher priority. The USA has hosted the Olympics 8 times since the modern games started in 1898. We've hosted the Summer games 4 times last century and the Winter games another 4 times. So, they want to give South America, which has NEVER hosted an Olympic a chance.

[angkor]

>>> Rio is a heavily crime-laden city...worse than Chicago, no doubt. Had to be something else besides a concern for safety. <<<<

True from what I’ve been told about Rio.

A friend was chased across a busy beachfront road in downtown Rio by an armed mugger brandishing his pistol.

He got away unharmed, but he and some other well-traveled folks I know have called it the most dangerous city they’ve visited.

[Polynikes]

“As far as the IOC not picking Chicago because of concern for safety...I don’t buy that one bit. Rio is a heavily crime-laden city...worse than Chicago, no doubt. Had to be something else besides a concern for safety.”

Follow the money. Rio had a budget for the Olympics easily 2x that of Chicago. Result a bigger trough for the IOC to feed at.