[marothisu]

Chicago has always attracted people moving there. Those who think "nobody moves to Chicago because the population [apparently] is decreasing" is a complete fool. I have moved many people to Chicago in the last 2 years and many of my peers have too, plus many others at my company. Most units in my building (small) moved here in the last few years too mainly from the coasts and 1 internationally and on my block too. My former co-worker/friend just moved to Chicago in the last 2 months from NYC with his spouse. They already closed on a condo and moved in. He used live here but his spouse never has. Both are foreign born and both are executive level workers who make $$. We also know of a large handful of families who have relocated here from NYC, LA, Boston and SF in the last year thru my kid's day care/my wife's Chinese social network. Also know a family who moved here last month from Italy.

It's hard to count people (I'm serious) but it's amazing to me with how far off the Census has been in estimates and unchanged methodology that studies by legitimate companies still fail to realize this and put a caveat when they talk about population changes. Same thing as in NYC. It's hard to get a read on Chicago right now, but it will not surprise me one bit if the Census is still wrong (they haven't changed methodology yet afterall).