The pain in the emails I receive from people in Chicagoland is like nowhere else. I think it’s a combination of the murder spike and riots, the incompetence and arrogance of both mayor and governor, and a general sense that this moment could be an irreversible tipping point...

After the last generation, New York and LA and SF are very arrogant (and if you own your own home you’ve made a lot of money and can still get out fast, even if you have to take a haircut). Chicago looks at Detroit and knows cities really can go into irreversible decline.