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Originally Posted by Stunnies23
The city does not have an affordability crisis. Right now, you can rent a 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment with off street parking and heat included for $850 a month in the Clearing neighborhood. It is right next to the Midway Airport Orange line stop. The neighborhood has had zero murders this year, and is incredibly family friendly. The schools are pretty darn good too. Once you get out of the north side bubble, its easy to see Chicago is a VERY affordable place to live.
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This is exactly what I was talking about. This methodology. Sure, the city
overall is affordable, but when it comes to large portions of the city, it is not affordable at all. It may be affordable to you, or others, but in the end that doesn't matter. What our city suffers from is broad economic segregation. I don't care if you guys think the city is "affordable", because a shit ton of people would say otherwise. Economic disparities are severely hurting our city. There are definitely many affordable neighborhoods, but in the end even these middle class neighborhoods are being squeezed between the two extremes of wealthy and extremely poor neighborhoods. It is undeniable that Chicago has lost many of its true middle class neighborhoods over the years.