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Originally Posted by jmecklenborg
I am baffled by the inability of Chicago - a real city - to compete with the Texas blobs.
I fear that the total nonsense in Chicago government and the Illinois Statehouse is single-handedly sinking the place. Chicago was able to plow ahead in the postwar decades in spite of its political machinery since it had the air travel advantage over all other cities between the coasts. But someone based in Texas is also able to fly commercial relatively quickly to either Los Angeles or New York City.
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Caterpillar was in Deerfield (an amorphous blob analagous to Irving) for a few years after decamping from Peoria.