Can chicago annex suburbs and make them part of the city (Skokie: school districts, property taxes)

[Lookout Kid]

Originally Posted by Basekamp

ownership <> jurisdiction

Not true. If the City of Chicago buys a house in Evanston, the City of Chicago has title to that house, but it's still sits in Evanston. Land ownership is not the same as municipal jurisdiction.

[Basekamp]

HSW, the "wasteland" as you described it can be aptly junked if the City of Chicago could just find about 10,000 to 15,000 city workers to lay off. That shouldn't be a problem right?

[Basekamp]

Not from a police jurisdiction perspective...

[andrew61]

Originally Posted by thePR

To build on the question. Let's say that a southern suburb that wasn't doing so well (let's say financially and poverty) offered to be annexed by Chicago. Would Chicago take the land?

What would be in it for Chicago? What would Chicago stand to gain from annexing an economically distressed suburb?

[thePR]

Originally Posted by Lookout Kid

I support Daley in his efforts to annex parts of Bensenville for O'Hare expansion. O'Hare is more important to the region's economy than most people realize. Chicago exists because of the convergence of flows--including the flow of capital, goods, and people. O'Hare expansion is vital, and a few neighborhoods in Bensenville are a cost worth paying. Yeah, it's cold--but necessary.

I wish they built a third airport.

[Lookout Kid]

Originally Posted by thePR

I wish they built a third airport.

Since you live in Park Ridge, I can see why you might feel that way. Man, the planes fly low in the western part of "The PR".

[oakparkdude]

Here's any interesting historical note regarding suburban annexation in the US.

Brookline-Boston annexation debate of 1873 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In short, in 1873 Brookline, MA, an affluent town adjacent to Boston, rejected annexation into the central city setting a precedent of wealthy suburbs maintaining their political independence.

[CollegeGuy9]

I can't wait for Bensenville to be annexed by Chicago and Wood Dale.

[SJaye]

There is a maximum amount of air traffic that can take off and land in a given amount of air space. O'Hare's delays are primarily because the airline traffic in many cases has "maxed out", and weather that reduces the air space for takeoffs and landings by virtue of not flying a plane into a big storm will lead to insufficient air space for the flight departure/arrival demand. More runways at O'Hare will only intensify this problem. Our problems with flight delays should be addressed with more flights out of Midway, a third airport, or high speed rail to reduce the amount of planes (say, eliminate Springfield to Chicago type flights).

[JPits312]

How come cities like Oak Park and such weren't annexed a long time ago? Why'd Chicago stop annexing aggressively like they did in the 19th century?

I know of a couple of older major cities that are still expanding their city boundaries. Like Omaha (as major as it can be). Just a couple of years ago they annexed this town called Elkhorn. Omaha is weird because they have their old downtown neighborhood districts that my grandfather grew up in 60 years ago. And then at the same time 20 miles west of that there are suburban office parks and such. All within the city of Omaha.