--Chicago is great city, make no mistake. Summer days (and nights) on the Chicago lakefront are without compare. And if they build the Fordham Spire it will be a wonderful and amazing thing (assuming they can fill it).....
...But here's the thing: traffic in Chicago sucks. I mean really sucks. Every single damn time I go there, regardless of the hour, there is traffic. Can you imagine a traffic jam at 11pm on a sunday night? Or a 30 mile(!)-long traffic jam? I've experienced both. It's insane, and until they dramatically expand METRA and the CTA, I hope never to live there again. I know they're trying, and there are certainly enough proposals out there for what to do, but in the meantime they keep building more high-rises, and nobody seems to remember that all of these people have to get around somehow. It's not like they're going to double-deck every street in the city (heaven help them if they do). So I'll live in the mid-sized cities (300,000 to 1 million or so), and be happy.
BTW; here's a link to one proposal for an expanded CTA: http://www.gapersblock.com/detour/a_cta_map_for_2055/index.php. I have my gripes with it (there should be a subway under Cicero Avenue, among other things), but at least it's something.
Back to lurking under the bridge; oh, wait, I'm a FIB, not a troll. Never mind. 8 )
Elliot
