芝加哥是个人才交流中心:Univ. of Chicago, Northwest Univ.; Univ of Illinois-Urbana-champaign; 全美最好的lawyers都在Chicago; Chicago Board of trade 是全世界最大的期货交易所; McDonald's, Boeing, Motorolla, ADM, caterpillar的总部; 最主要的, Illinois DCEO和City of Chicago很多年前就开始建infrastructures: business parks, etc. 并且在中西部率先diversify industries.....I believe that Chicago will continue to boom....