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Originally Posted by sentinel

Global pandemic lead to economic downturn, which lead to unbelievably high job losses, which historically has also ended up as a causative factor for increases in crime, and especially homicides. And this is happening in every major city in the country: https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime...des-rose-2020/

There's no complicated calculus to any of this, not sure why people cannot understand this. As the pandemic subsides/vaccinations lead to measurable herd immunity, jobs will rebound, the economy will rebound (in addition to $2 TRILLION of capital that was frozen up during the pandemic being pumped back into the economy), and things will stabilize. The grass is green, the sky is blue, spring is just around the corner, and Chicago will thrive again. It actually really is that simple.

Exactly. And for the "many" people ready to flee to the suburbs, there are plenty who would take their place. Some people value city amenities more highly than others, nothing wrong with either viewpoint.