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Heh, the elected officials are exactly the problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_history_of_Chicago#Corruption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politic
by mbesto 11y ago
Heh, the elected officials are exactly the problem:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_history_of_Chicago#Corruption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_history_of_Chicago#C...
I grew up in Chicago, my family is still there, and most of my colleagues are based there. There is weird pseudo-Stockholm syndrome phenomenon where people just accept that the corruption is widespread and unavoidable.
- logfromblammo 11y agoBasically, it's all Gotham and no Batman.
- bbradley406 11y agoAny chance this contributed to the Dark Knight being filmed there? Choosing Chicago for the cityscape makes sense by itself but the film focused heavily on corruption. I found a nice breakdown of scene / real locations while looking into this: http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/d/DarkKnight.html http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/d/DarkKnight.html
- trhway 11y agowhen i visited Chicago, it was felt like it is a matter of local pride when journalist on radio was telling something about corruption in the school district. Like "look how big! how brazen it is! we can do corruption like the best out there!"... pretty much like Jon Stewart in that bit about New Jersey corruption.