New York Times declares Chicago dead (Detroit: sales, real estate, 2013)

[jwaiter]

“Poor Chicago,” a friend of mine recently said. Given the number of urban apocalypses here, I couldn’t tell which problem she was referring to. Was it the Cubs never winning? The abominable weather? Meter parking costing more than anywhere else in America — up to $6.50 an hour — with the money flowing to a private company, thanks to the ex-mayor Richard M. Daley’s shortsighted 2008 deal? Or was it the fact that in 2012, of the largest American cities, Chicago had the second-highest murder rate and the *second-highest combined sales tax, as well as the ninth-highest metro foreclosure rate in the country? That it’s the third-most racially segregated city and is located in the state with the most underfunded public-employee pension debt? Was my friend talking about how a real estate investor bought The Chicago Tribune and drove it into bankruptcy? Or how 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, who performed at Barack Obama’s inauguration, was shot dead near the president’s Kenwood home?

Actually, “poor” seems kind.

Not quite Detroit

[Attrill]

LOL - that's not the NYT declaring it, it's a bad writer supposedly reviewing books. That piece is like a bad blog post. It makes no sense whatsoever.

[jwaiter]

Originally Posted by Attrill

LOL - that's not the NYT declaring it, it's a bad writer supposedly reviewing books. That piece is like a bad blog post. It makes no sense whatsoever.

The writer in question is published by the New York Times, so I can hold them responsible in my opinion.

[ChiNaan]

The swagger has bugged me since I moved here from New York 13 years ago.

Sounds to me like she should have moved back to New York about 12 1/2 years ago and saved us all from her drivel. Something tells me she bitched about NY when she lived there, though, and thought Chicago was going to be the answer to all of her problems.

Originally Posted by Attrill

LOL - that's not the NYT declaring it, it's a bad writer supposedly reviewing books. .

Exactly. This is an important distinction.

[jonnynonos]

Whenever people begin to compare Chicago to Detroit in any way, shape or form, I stop paying attention, and assume they have never actually been to Detroit.

[Broadrippleguy]

Now I officially like the New York Times.
Never in a million years would I ever think that would be possible.

[Vlajos]

Originally Posted by Broadrippleguy

Now I officially like the New York Times.
Never in a million years would I ever think that would be possible.

Shows how stupid you are.

[ChiNaan]

Originally Posted by Broadrippleguy

Now I officially like the New York Times.
Never in a million years would I ever think that would be possible.

If this piece appealed to you, I would imagine that 90% of the NY Times would be out of your cognitive reach.

[Lucky Clover]

lol.. of course she teaches at DePaul. What a miserable sloth of ****.

Rachel*Shteir - DePaul University - RateMyProfessors.com

[ChiNaan]

Originally Posted by tawfiqmp

lol.. of course she teaches at DePaul. What a miserable sloth of ****.

Rachel*Shteir - DePaul University - RateMyProfessors.com

Ha. Good find. It appears her teaching isn't much better than her writing.