All’s not lost in Illinois. Let’s pull together a few recent articles on the good stuff — carefully. First, downtown Chicago is thriving. In a detailed, thoughtful piece in Crain’s, Greg Hinz recently called Chicago’s downtown the “hottest urban area in the U.S.,” and he backs it up with facts. Crain’s and Mr. Hinz often understate our problems, but downtown’s prosperity is real, albeit nuanced with paradox. Downtown Chicago is the top beneficiary of a genuine megatrend –- reversal of movement to the suburbs. Those white bread suburbs we built for a generation after WWII aren’t cutting it for