Vacant storefronts and empty lots can be seen along the Far South Side neighborhood’s stretch of once-bustling South Michigan Avenue. Things have deteriorated to the point the area was listed by Preservation Chicago last year as one of the city’s “most endangered places.”
Disinvestment? No. Businesses have been driven out by bad behavior, lack of responsibility, and political ineptitude.
Typical blame game – “we’re victims; it’s not our fault.”
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
I’m sure shopping malls had nothing to do with the decline. Now most malls are disappearing too! Hmmm…wonder why?
Shoplifting is legal if you’re not too greedy and you don’t have to pay rent if you don’t want to. Chicago sounds like paradise to me.
3 chicken joints, two nail salons, a wig shop and a fish store dont make a vibrant neighborhood.
But maybe the 4 or 5 pawn shops do?
Disinvestment? No. Businesses have been driven out by bad behavior, lack of responsibility, and political ineptitude.
Typical blame game – “we’re victims; it’s not our fault.”