[marothisu]

I don't think you should put any stock into it. Unless you have a ton of money, it's not like you should go out and buy speculative property somewhere solely based on it. However, I do believe that Chicago does have a legit top 6 chance at this point so we'll see what happens. No matter what the outcome, it's nothing to be sad about. If they don't pick Chicago then it's not a big deal IMO. The fact that Chicago made it to the top 20 but other large metro areas that are doing more than just OK economically (i.e. Houston, Minneapolis, etc) did not is actually fairly positive news for Chicago.