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Steely Dan · #1 Posted **Mar 24, 2022, 5:30 PM**

"Make Ukrainian Village Ukrainian Again!"

the urban politician · #2 Posted **Mar 24, 2022, 5:38 PM**

I'm pretty sure that the ones that come here will mostly wind up in the suburbs, but some will for sure come to Chicago

sentinel · #3 Posted **Mar 25, 2022, 12:49 AM**

NYC lost more than 330,000 people, and LA lost 178,000, so par for the course, I guess..

SIGSEGV · #4 Posted **Mar 25, 2022, 4:59 AM**

Well remember that the estimates were consistently undercounting major metros compared to the census as well. Unless the methodology changed, we might be seeing that to some extent in addition to people moving out (and also...dying from COVID).

marothisu · #5 Posted **Apr 4, 2022, 2:00 PM**

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Well remember that the estimates were consistently undercounting major metros compared to the census as well. Unless the methodology changed, we might be seeing that to some extent in addition to people moving out (and also...dying from COVID).

People never learn. It's insane. There's many different population studies that the Census does and the only one that is somewhat accurate is the 10 year Census. The estimates were way off in 2010 and they were way off in 2020 for most places too.

The methodology didn't change because then you couldn't compare those estimates from year to year. They'd probably end up calling it something different if they changed it. I've had conversations with the Census before about this. Even if the 10 year comes out and shows the estimates were way off, they still produce the estimates with no changes to methodology or even considering the 10 year data. It makes total sense, but the media and people keep buying into these estimates even mere months after it was shown they're inaccurate.

Anytime an estimate comes out, especially one that's not ACS (still not accurate sometimes) I'd take it with a major cup of salt right now.

the urban politician · #6 Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 8:45 PM**

^ Well, we all know that Notre Dame is basically a Chicago Area University as well

sentinel · #7 Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 10:50 PM**

I was just gonna say that, but at that point, since it's about the same distance, might as well include UI Champaign. The Chicagoland will then have 8 top universities

Steely Dan · #8 Posted **Mar 29, 2022, 11:31 PM**

ND and UIUC are both schools that are "kinda near Chicago".

But they are not "Chicago schools".

I'll let Northwestern squeak in as its located in one of the most urban inner ring burbs of the city, is served by the L, and has a substantial downtown campus.

ND is 75 miles from State/Madison and UIUC is 125 miles.

Not the same thing.

Marquette, Madison, and Purdue are even closer to Chicago than UIUC, and none of them are "Chicago schools" either.

Alumni of ND and UIUC never say "I spent my college years living in Chicago".

SIGSEGV · #9 Posted **Mar 30, 2022, 2:19 AM**

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Marquette, Madison, and Purdue are even closer to Chicago than UIUC, and none of them are "Chicago schools" either.

Well, it's true as the crow flies (barely for Madison)

but both by road and rail, UIUC is faster to get to. The circle there is centered on State/Madison and goes through Old Union on the UIUC campus.

OrdoSeclorum · #10 Posted **Mar 30, 2022, 2:22 PM**

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ND and UIUC are both schools that are "kinda near Chicago".

But they are not "Chicago schools".

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I agree. But ND does have a Chicago campus.

Steely Dan · #11 Posted **Mar 30, 2022, 5:04 PM**

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But ND does have a Chicago campus.

true, but from what i can tell, it's just for the MBA program (which obviously makes loads of sense).

so the vast majority of ND alumni, and virtually none of the undergrad alums, will ever cycle through there.

SIGSEGV · #12 Posted **Mar 30, 2022, 6:23 PM**

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I agree. But ND does have a Chicago campus.

and there's a UofI logo on some building across from Union Station. I guess it must be this:
http://illinicenter.illinois.edu/ (strangely, not in the Illinois Center...)

Randomguy34 · #13 Posted **Mar 30, 2022, 12:06 AM**

Marquette University is 85 miles away, maybe we should start claiming them as a Chicago school

marothisu · #14 Posted **Apr 4, 2022, 4:07 AM**

Forum member emathias has passed away according to his LinkedIn profile. I'm not sure of what but..very sad news.

the urban politician · #15 Posted **Apr 4, 2022, 12:12 PM**

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Forum member emathias has passed away according to his LinkedIn profile. I'm not sure of what but..very sad news.

Holy shit!!!

What?

Goddamn that's tragic!!!

Edit: Looks like he removed his account for some reason? He's no longer on the forumers list

marothisu · #16 Posted **Apr 4, 2022, 12:38 PM**

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Holy shit!!!

What?

Goddamn that's tragic!!!

Edit: Looks like he removed his account for some reason? He's no longer on the forumers list

I went back to his obit and it says he actually passed away on December 10, 2021. The LinkedIn post (also found it on FB) and obit were yesterday tho. Interesting.. wish I knew what happened.

glowrock · #17 Posted **Apr 4, 2022, 12:49 PM**

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I went back to his obit and it says he actually passed away on December 10, 2021. The LinkedIn post (also found it on FB) and obit were yesterday tho. Interesting.. wish I knew what happened.

Eric and I were good friends. I have a pretty good idea as to what happened, unfortunately.

Last time I saw him was back in October, I've tried to get in touch with him for quite some time to no avail. Let's just say he was dealing with several major demons,I have a feeling he succumbed to one or more of them.

May Eric rest in peace. For the record, he's been made an Honored Member here on SSP.

Aaron (Glowrock)

the urban politician · #18 Posted **Apr 4, 2022, 12:52 PM**

I found his last post:

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...17#post9461317

How about that, it was a response to me

RIP

marothisu · #19 Posted **Apr 4, 2022, 1:19 PM**

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Eric and I were good friends. I have a pretty good idea as to what happened, unfortunately.

Last time I saw him was back in October, I've tried to get in touch with him for quite some time to no avail. Let's just say he was dealing with several major demons,I have a feeling he succumbed to one or more of them.

May Eric rest in peace. For the record, he's been made an Honored Member here on SSP.

Aaron (Glowrock)

I never knew Eric in person, but through here mostly. He also hooked me up with a few people with media and research connections that's enabled me to do some "fun" exploratory work on the side.

Whenever someone dies too young, I always fear something like what you are saying or something not great (i.e. cancer).

May he rest in peace.

Handro · #20 Posted **Apr 4, 2022, 3:28 PM**

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Eric and I were good friends. I have a pretty good idea as to what happened, unfortunately.

Last time I saw him was back in October, I've tried to get in touch with him for quite some time to no avail. Let's just say he was dealing with several major demons,I have a feeling he succumbed to one or more of them.

May Eric rest in peace. For the record, he's been made an Honored Member here on SSP.

Aaron (Glowrock)

That's really a shame, Eric was very bright and always had great takes on such a wide range of topics. Sorry for your loss, Aaron. It's so hard to lose a friend, especially under those circumstances.