CHICAGO is back ON TOP baby!!! Adding more jobs than any U.S. CITY

[TheTruth11]

The impact of high profile athletes and successful sports teams on their economy is extremely exaggerated.

True... to a large extent. But make no mistake, Lebron choosing to return to the cold, dreary wasteland Cleveland (no matter how wrong that perception might be) was a shot across the bow to sunbelt cities and to the city of Miami. For years all we have heard is how people want to get away from the North and Northeast. Well, that is far from true. Sure, some want to leave but for the most part many Northern cities are thriving. Lebron choosing to return to Cleveland opened a lot of eyes and is most definitely an economic boost to that city. Whether that will be enough to propel it to top 10 status is highly unlikely but then again, I never thought metro Detroit would crack the top 10 either... so really, who knows


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[nathanjizzle]

alot of tech companies are being started in chicago.

chicago is really attractive right now. we are like the new cool kid on the block and new york is the washed up older brother. when i do business with customers around the country even internationally, they always want to take a trip here.

[KobesFinger]

I wanna go to America after I turn 21 next year. Why should I go to Chicago instead of other large cities like New York City?

[Joyner82reload]

Leading the US cities in homicides per year as well

[TheTruth11]

^^^^^ Check your source bro. Sounds like a weakass source!

Here you go playa - Pew Research is a top notch source (often used by major news outlets)... and according to Pew Research, Chicago is not even in the top 20 in murders per capita - coming in 21st:


http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank...urder-capital/







Chicago's murder rate is nowhere near the top. Chicago's murder rate came in 21st in the nation. Don't believe the negative hype bro.

But Chicago also has some 2.7 million residents, more than any other city except New York and Los Angeles, and you’d expect it to have more murders (and other crimes) than most other cities for that reason alone. Adjust the raw numbers for population size to get a murder rate, and a very different picture emerges.

According to the FBI figures, Flint, Mich., had the highest murder rate of any sizeable U.S. city in 2012, the most recent year available. There were 62 murders per 100,000 population (which, coincidentally, was just about Flint’s estimated population that year). Trailing Flint were Detroit (54.6 murders per 100,000), New Orleans (53.2 per 100,000) and Jackson, Miss., (35.8 per 100,000). Chicago, whose population is several times bigger than any of those cities, came in 21st, with 18.5 murders per 100,000 — nearly quadruple the national average, true, but still nowhere near the highest in the country.

In fact, what’s striking is that from 1985 through 2012 only six cities have held the anti-honor of having the nation’s highest murder rate: New Orleans (12 times, most recently in 2011); Washington, D.C. (eight times, most recently in 1999); Detroit (four times, most recently 2006), Flint, Mich. (twice, also in 2010); Richmond, Va. (once, in 1997) and Birmingham, Ala. (once, in 2005).

Another thing that jumps out from looking at the murder-rate data: How the threshold for having the nation’s highest murder rate has fallen since the early 1990s, when the nation’s crack epidemic helped push violent-crime rates to record highs. In 1994, for instance, New Orleans led with 85.8 murders per 100,000; the next two cities, Richmond, Va., and Washington, D.C., had rates of 70 or more per 100,000. Even in terms of raw numbers, Chicago has come a long way: In 1994 the city had 928 murders.

Pew Research is a top notch source... often used by major news outlets when they reference statistics.

Chicago's per capita murder rate is 21st in the nation - not bad for a city of its size.


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[KevinNYC]

Leading the US cities in homicides per year as well

you're basically talking about perception, not evidence.

[BasedTom]

True... to a large extent. But make no mistake, Lebron choosing to return to the cold, dreary wasteland Cleveland (no matter how wrong that perception might be) was a shot across the bow to sunbelt cities and to the city of Miami. For years all we have heard is how people want to get away from the North and Northeast. Well, that is far from true. Sure, some want to leave but for the most part many Northern cities are thriving. Lebron choosing to return to Cleveland opened a lot of eyes and is most definitely an economic boost to that city. Whether that will be enough to propel it to top 10 status is highly unlikely but then again, I never thought metro Detroit would crack the top 10 either... so really, who knows


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I honestly don't think anyone is too bothered by it. Bran didn't take the beaches and rum back to Cleveland with him, did he?

Perhaps it helps you cope with piling snow and bodies in the street, but I think Lebron was exaggerating just a bit when he called his return "One of the biggest moments in all of sports." Especially when he went on to lose that day to the poverty Knicks, but that is a different story. Aside from Nike's ad campaign, I rarely hear anybody act as if Lebron's return to Cleveland is on anywhere near the level as Jordan retiring and coming back, any World Cup, Super Bowl or World Series, etc.

It's good for Cleveland of course, but the impact isn't as big as you seem to believe.

[KevinNYC]

you're basically talking about perception, not evidence.

From NeighborhoodScout’s 100 Most Dangerous Cities in the US - 2015

These are the only cities that make the list. The top 4 most dangerous cities in that survey aren't even top 100 in the country.

Rank City
69 Houston, TX

55 Philadelphia, PA

47 Miami, FL

29 Atlanta, GA

The 100 most dangerous cities in America with 25,000 or more people, based on the number of violent crimes per 1,000 residents. Violent crimes include murder, forcible rape, armed robbery, and aggravated assault. Data used for this research are 1) the number of violent crimes reported to the FBI to have occurred in each city, and 2) the population of each city.

[Bigsmoke]

If Chicago had a beach it'd be the GOAT city.

Do your research

[Bigsmoke]

That's great news but the cost of living will go up.

[Bigsmoke]

I wanna go to America after I turn 21 next year. Why should I go to Chicago instead of other large cities like New York City?

http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living...New+York%2C+NY

U can get your own house in a good area for 200k in Chicago while a 1 bedroom apartment will run you $500,000 in a shitty neighborhood in New York City

[KobesFinger]

http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living...New+York%2C+NY

U can get your own house in a good area for 200k in Chicago while a 1 bedroom apartment will run you $500,000 in a shitty neighborhood in New York City

To visit, not live.

[Bigsmoke]

To visit, not live.

U should visit Gary Indiana. U will love it there

[KevinNYC]

To visit, not live.

How long are you coming to the US for?

[KobesFinger]

How long are you coming to the US for?

A week, two at most