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The book’s thesis is Chicago made the Great West, and the Great West made Chicago, and untangling which wagged which is impossible because they needed each other. The other less explicit thesis is that Chicago made great things, and that happened because its leaders and citizens believed in making great things, like turning the dreary…
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The head tax is bad tax policy dressed up as soak-the-rich populism. It’s the kind of thing that sounds good in a City Council speech, but creates real harm for the workers it’s supposed to help. If we want to find more revenues to close our budget gap, we have better options5, and we should…
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Overall the results are mixed (76% average recovery post pandemic) with better results in entertainment areas like Las Vegas and worst results in areas reliant on office workers, particularly workers who can work remote. Transit ridership is also down (<60% of 2019 levels in major downtowns like Chicago, Philly and SF), which impacts recovery. Best…
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“But behind its wordless panels and oppressive silence, BLAME! is doing something quietly brilliant. It’s building one of the most ambitious fictional worlds in manga—just not in the way we’re used to.”
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Careers, watch security, cities of Homer, Magic the Gathering with AI, and young Hollywood
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