{"id":245358,"date":"2021-11-10T08:35:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T08:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=245358"},"modified":"2021-11-12T08:34:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T08:34:21","slug":"the-collapse-of-three-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=245358","title":{"rendered":"The Collapse of Three Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gregory Hood \u2013 The Unz Review Nov 2, 2021<\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\n

Chicago is mostly known for bad things: organized crime, dirty slaughterhouses, and political corruption. The short-lived Starz series Boss<\/a><\/em> was about corruption and starred Kelsey Grammar as Chicago\u2019s mayor. After Baltimore and Detroit, Chicago may be the most notorious city in America.<\/p>\n

However, Chicago does have a \u201cMagnificent Mile<\/a>\u201d of upscale hotels, restaurants, and shops on Michigan Avenue. Like many American cities, it relies on the mile to attract tourists, who want to avoid the \u201cbad\u201d parts of town. What happens when every <\/em>part of a city goes bad?<\/p>\n

The \u201cMagnificent Mile\u201d now has<\/a> empty stores that once hosted such attractions as Macy\u2019s and Disney. The Mag Mile produced<\/a> $150 million in sales taxes in 2019, but just $60 million in 2020, the year of the George Floyd riots. President of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association Rob Karr says that the \u201cimpression around the nation is that Chicago is not a very place safe to be.\u201d Alderman Brian Hopkins says new businesses don\u2019t want to open where shoplifting rings have been \u201coperating with impunity downtown.\u201d<\/p>\n