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I found Singapore kind of boring. Had kind of a sterile, soulless feel, but maybe others disagree. Highrises everywhere but not very walkable.
Yes, it is like the people are robotic almost. No emotion, really nothing to expect from them. It is a city fixated on shopping and dinning, lifestyle choices are not much different than Washington.
Just way larger and more urban environment. Also the amenities itself, they feel like they're created for people that live there and it's suburbs. Not really built for the types of people who would go to a Paris, Rome, Tokyo, New York, London, sort of place.
However at the end of the day, it's best grouped with Toronto and Chicago and Frankfurt and Melbourne and Hong Kong or something. The second bests type of places.
Yes, it is like the people are robotic almost. No emotion, really nothing to expect from them. It is a city fixated on shopping and dinning, lifestyle choices are not much different than Washington.
Just way larger and more urban environment. Also the amenities itself, they feel like they're created for people that live there and it's suburbs. Not really built for the types of people who would go to a Paris, Rome, Tokyo, New York, London, sort of place.
However at the end of the day, it's best grouped with Toronto and Chicago and Frankfurt and Melbourne and Hong Kong or something. The second bests type of places.
"Automation is a key factor towards advancement of Singapore to a technologically sophisticated country. Singapore has responded with several programs in place towards inculcating automation culture to the general public. "
Maybe some of the people on the street are test robots...
What's going on in Chicago these days? Has the possibility of relatively cost of living for amazing urban amenities incubated anything interesting recently?
The biggest housing prices jump in 25 years apparently.
That's not good, considering unemployment went up over several months this year and you have dominick's basically leaving the market ... expecting over 6000 immediate job losses and 70 store closings with only 12 opening back up at some point so far. The mayor has already created a "grocery store task force"
Chicago actually has a rather mediocre housing market, probably due to slow economy and minimal population growth.
It is one of the few metro areas in the U.S. to record declines in the most recent Case-Schiller housing market index.
The city is doing better than the suburbs, though. The suburbs are in more of a long-term funk.
Of the 20 cities on the Case-Schiller index, Chicago is 16th in long-term price appreciation, so no better than mediocre. Worse performing metros are Atlanta, Charlotte, Cleveland, and Detroit.
That's not good, considering unemployment went up over several months this year and you have dominick's basically leaving the market ... expecting over 6000 immediate job losses and 70 store closings with only 12 opening back up at some point so far. The mayor has already created a "grocery store task force"
The jump isn't as bad as you think. They're saying that the increase in home prices over this year was the highest one year increase since 1988. The actual price of a home in Chicago is now on par with what it was in February of 2003. A condo is now where it was in late 2002 and August of 2010. They're also expecting the increase in 2014 to only be half of what happened this year as well.
As for unemployment, it's come back down since it increased earlier this year, but we'll have to wait and see how the employees of Dominick's losing their jobs will play out in coming months. As for the closed stores themselves, everyone is hoping that other chains are merely waiting for Dominick's corpse to be cold before swooping in and buying the closed stores, but, again, we'll have to wait and see. In the meantime, this is going to cause a greater food desert problem in parts of the South Side
Chicago actually has a rather mediocre housing market, probably due to slow economy and minimal population growth.
It is one of the few metro areas in the U.S. to record declines in the most recent Case-Schiller housing market index.
The city is doing better than the suburbs, though. The suburbs are in more of a long-term funk.
Of the 20 cities on the Case-Schiller index, Chicago is 16th in long-term price appreciation, so no better than mediocre. Worse performing metros are Atlanta, Charlotte, Cleveland, and Detroit.
Chicago, probably more than any other city, is a tale of two cities. The Wealthy Areas are continuing to do well, while the more working class neighborhoods/suburbs slowly decline. Chicago has a large working class population, which is still struggling.
Culture-NY/SF/CHI
Food-SF/NY/CHI
Art Scene-NY/SF/CHI
Nightlife-NY/CHI/SF
Quality of life-CHI/SF/NY
Not to take away anything from either of these great cities,of course.
Food CHI/NYC/SF
Art NYC/CHI/SF
Nightlife NYC/CHI/SF
Quality CHI / SF/NYC
Chicago, probably more than any other city, is a tale of two cities. The Wealthy Areas are continuing to do well, while the more working class neighborhoods/suburbs slowly decline. Chicago has a large working class population, which is still struggling.
I don't know about it being more so than any other city, as this is a common problem in the Rust Belt, but it's certainly way up there for the country's largest cities.
You're certainly right about it being a tale of two cities though. You have large portions of the North and Northwest Sides doing perfectly fine, you have the Loop and River North full of cranes, as downtown Chicago was the fastest growing downtown in the country between 2000 and 2010 according to the census, and then you have large swathes of the rest of the city hollowing out.
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