tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post7661814548598113080..comments2024-01-28T22:16:50.852-06:00Comments on Mr. Dilettante’s Neighborhood: Meanwhile, in ChicagoMr. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-69175516633032315042016-09-30T12:26:05.618-05:002016-09-30T12:26:05.618-05:0025 years for me (29 if you count undergrad I guess...25 years for me (29 if you count undergrad I guess), and I never got the full experience, having grown up in NW Indiana. But even there, it's striking and depressing how an area that used to be a thriving industrial area now consists mostly of strip clubs and fireworks sellers, at least if you judge by the billboards. <br /><br />Really half a century of denial, IMO, that the old meatpackers and manufacturers are gone, and they're not coming back. And nobody is making adjustments to bring expectations in line with reality, sad to say. Has been a leech on Illinois tax revenues as long as I can remember.<br /><br />Love the Loop, the Lakeshore Museums, and the Brookfield Zoo--my dad grew up a mile away and worked there. But pretty soon, they're going to have to rename the area "the city that's broken" (if they can get the title away from Detroit, Gary, DC, St. Louis, etc..)Bike Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193546045614393425noreply@blogger.com