I was just about to bring this up. I’m still coming back to Chicago for work, but every time I do, I’m amazed at all the construction going on. Downtown Chicago in the 80’s had a population of approximately 20,000 people. Today, the population is over 110,000 and growing. Apparently it’s the fastest growing downtown in the US.
There’s an interesting article from a few years ago about this very subject:
https://www.brookings.edu/research/b...e-coronavirus/