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I wish the neighborhood I own a home in (Edgewater) could catch just such a disease. I imagine most of Chicago’s neighborhoods would love to catch a disease that sends property values skyrocketing, adds great wealth, culture, and education to the community, creates thousands of jobs, utilizing every available lot for residential or commercial development. City Hall would like to know exactly where Englewood, Pilsen, West Town, Jackson Park, Uptown, etc. can get some of this disease.
Any business, whether a bookshop or a chain store, is taking a risk in investing in any neighborhood . . . (I’m sure the folks on Madison Avenue would love to see some strip malls and chain stores move onto their street). We like our corner grocery and tavern, but like any business, if it is not profitable it closes up . . . it’s called capitalism and it is what has made America great. Many chain stores have gone belly up too!
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