Turns out Chicago's pandemic exodus wasn't as drastic as it seemed: Although the outflow the largest in five years, it wasn’t nearly as severe as those seen in other big cities, such as New York, Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles chicagobusiness.com/economy/how-... via @crainschicago
Yes, Ken Griffin was onto something. The number of Chicagoans moving to Miami soared — but new IRS figures show there's a lot more to the story.
It's paywalled, but it would be interesting to see how it compares to other cities. In NYC the media was constantly running stories about how many people were leaving. There are still a lot of people around.
I know a family that did leave Chicago prior to 2021 school year. They have already returned to the greater Chicago area.