[marothisu]

Every single city/metro area has positive and negative aspects - every metro area has its issues. Honestly, I hate the attitude that many in Chicago think that Chicago is the only place that has problems - as if places like LA and NYC don't have their own. Sure, some maybe be more serious than others, but the general attitude is very naive and ignorant. There's no such thing as a perfect location - including one for somebody trying to spend billions of dollars to have a 50,000 person office complex. I certainly don't know which of the things Amazon or any other company thinks are absolute bad deal breakers and frankly nobody else here does either. Yeah, I think the state's financial situation is a negative, but I also don't think Chicago would have made the top 20 if it was a massive deal breaker. It wasn't just other metro areas that are down that got denied the top 20 such as Detroit and Baltimore, it was also very economically viable areas like Houston, Minneapolis, and San Diego who didn't get it either. At the end of the day, sure it might end up being a deal against some of the other top places, but the fact that Chicago is still in this thing shows that it's not as big of a deal as many believe. I honestly don't think Chicago would have made top 20 cut if they thought it was a massive dealbreaker.