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Originally Posted by Handro
I apologize for being pessimistic but damn I would want to see Chicago higher on that list... hopefully with all the capital going into science infrastructure we can climb the list in the next 5-10 years.....
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I don't think it's reasonable to expect Chicago to be higher on the list. San Jose is really part of the Bay Area, imo. The #1 spot is even further out of reach and #4 doesn't exist.
Boston punches way above its weight, with MIT/Harvard plus tons of legacy and talent. NYC and L.A. are both larger, with L.A. having a pretty significant defense industry presence. A realistic goal is for Chicago to be 70 or 80% of L.A.'s funding, instead of 40%, keeping us at #5 but outpacing the peers at our heels. With U of I, Northwestern, Chicago, Argonne, Fermi plus a lot of talent, we've got fundamentals to run well ahead of the Atlantas, Dallas' and Phillies of the world.