The City of Chicago has..

[x33rs]

Originally Posted by Mr70

It's the first major US city to open,(i.e. New York or Los Angeles)
They're not comparing it to the smaller cities which have less people,like the ones you noted above.

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Are you sure? If you are looking at cities purely by population, Chicago wasn't the first "major" city to open.

According to the most recent census Chicago is only 2.7 million people. (Edit the 2019 census is incorrect depending on where you look, I see it differs from 2.7 to as much as 8)

Phoenix is 4.5 million people and we've been open for months, 5th largest city in the US according to google.

Maybe it's the news in your area keeping you guys isolated from the rest of the country happenings??

What constitutes a major city these days anyway?

[x33rs]

I think I found the answer. Google to the rescue

Major city defined by population:

major city means a zone with a population concentration in excess of 250 000 inhabitants or, where the population concentration is 250 000 inhabitants or less, a population density per km2 which justifies the need for ambient air quality to be assessed and guaranteed;


I think that opens it up to a lot of cities across the US that I'm sure have been open for quite some time now.

[169indy]

That is a Cool ICE rink, We took the Elevated Rail into town and took a peek at it in Nov 2019, (MCKAC-EN) Fun,

Congrats Chi-Town: Glad Ur Open.

[Lynn]

During covid did the murder rate go down in Chicago?

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by Lynn

During covid did the murder rate go down in Chicago?

The number of homicides and shootings in Chicago spiked dramatically in 2020, ending with more bloodshed than in all but one year in more than two decades, statistics released by police on Friday revealed.After three years of falling homicide totals, 2020 ended with 769 homicides — 274 more than the previous year and the most since the 784 homicides in 2016. The latest shooting victim figures told the same story, with the year ending with 4,033 shooting victims compared with 2,598 the year before.
And it never let up, as is illustrated by the fact that in December, there were 50 homicides — 19 more than occurred in December 2019....

[wheelhop]

50 people get shot in Chi-Raq every weekend. Only about a 1/4 of them die because today's hospitals are able to save a lot of them.

[southernfriedcj]

Originally Posted by wheelhop

50 people get shot in Chi-Raq every weekend. Only about a 1/4 of them die because today's hospitals are able to save a lot of them.

Only a 1/4 of them die because the majority of the shooters use pea shooters(9mm) and are poor markspersons(How's that for PC?).

They must have excellent EMS as well.

By the time the vics get to the hospital the die has been cast the majority of the time.

The above was my experience as an EMT riding the fire engine and the rescue truck in the slums of Atlanta.

Had a guy shot 23 times with a 9mm one call. His worst injury was a fractured femur. He lived to tell the tale.

[rlw68]

Mayor Lori Lightfoot

[Burd]

We’re still under commie rule here in Michigan

[olredalert]

Originally Posted by Burd

We’re still under commie rule here in Michigan

----You wouldn't have known it yesterday at the Indy Car races at Bell Isle! The stands were pretty much packed to capacity. I was with some friends (10) in an air conditioned cubicle and we would go out every now and then and sit in the grandstands but couldn't take the heat for more than about 20 minutes. We had a pool and each of us picked two drivers and I won $90 bucks, so all together a great day!....Bill S