Chicago Is America's Last Remaining Affordable Skyscraper City
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Chicago Is America's Last Remaining Affordable Skyscraper City
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Re: Chicago Is America's Last Remaining Affordable Skyscraper City
#2Call me crazy but I think a publication named "Chicago Business" would probably have a conflict of interest here.
Edit: Nevermind, it's an opinion piece, and behind a paywall to boot.
Re: Chicago Is America's Last Remaining Affordable Skyscraper City
#3I've never heard of this publication, I'm definitely going to pay them $5/mo to read this one article.
Wait, no I'm not: http://archive.is/pLqLI
Re: Chicago Is America's Last Remaining Affordable Skyscraper City
#4Call me crazy but I think a publication named "Chicago Business" would probably have a conflict of interest here. Edit: Nevermind, it's an opinion piece, and behind a paywall to boot.
But still, they may be biased. Chicago is affordable compared to many other big cities, but getting from there to "last remaining" probably requires a careful choice in the cutoff for what you'd call a "skyscraper city".
About an hour and a half north you'll find another American city that has skyscrapers, and also has a cost of living that's somewhere between half and 3/4 of Chicago's.
Re: Chicago Is America's Last Remaining Affordable Skyscraper City
#5I've lived in Chicago for nearly 10 years and will continue preaching its advantages to anyone who will listen.
Crime isn't as big a problem as people think it is (it's isolated to a few long-disadvantaged neighborhoods), it's affordable, cars are optional, and we have two airports to escape the winter weather.
Re: Chicago Is America's Last Remaining Affordable Skyscraper City
#6I've lived in Chicago for nearly 10 years and will continue preaching its advantages to anyone who will listen. Crime isn't as big a problem as people think it is (it's isolated to a few long-disadvantaged neighborhoods), it's affordable, cars are optional, and we have two airports to escape the winter weather.
Chicago native who fled for Central Florida. I love Chicago, but taxes will have to rise to eye watering levels [+] to pay back pensions that should’ve never shortfalled in the first place.
[+] http://midwest.chicagofedblogs.org/?p=3096 (How Should the State of Illinois Pay for its Unfunded Pension Liability? The Case for a Statewide Residential Property Tax)
Re: Chicago Is America's Last Remaining Affordable Skyscraper City
#7Only if you mean "Skyscraper city with lower prices because of higher crime".
Re: Chicago Is America's Last Remaining Affordable Skyscraper City
#8I've lived in Chicago for nearly 10 years and will continue preaching its advantages to anyone who will listen. Crime isn't as big a problem as people think it is (it's isolated to a few long-disadvantaged neighborhoods), it's affordable, cars are optional, and we have two airports to escape the winter weather.
Chicago native who fled for Central Florida. I love Chicago, but taxes will have to rise to eye watering levels [+] to pay back pensions that should’ve never shortfalled in the first place. [+] http://midwest.chicagofedblogs.org/?p=3096 (How Should the State of Illinois Pay for its Unfunded Pension Liability? The Case for a Statewide Residential Property Tax)
> taxes will have to rise to eye watering levels [+] to pay back pensions
If voter demographics keep rebalancing towards the young and un-pensioned, those pensions will probably be slashed quite a bit.
Re: Chicago Is America's Last Remaining Affordable Skyscraper City
#9I'm going to dispute this claim. Pittsburgh, PA has skyscrapers[1], defined as any building with or over 40 floors, and is more affordable then Chicago[2]. In fact Atlanta, GA also fits in this category as well.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_P...
[2] https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?cou...
Re: Chicago Is America's Last Remaining Affordable Skyscraper City
#10If they land HQ2, that will be the end of that.