The Explainer over at Slate.com has a column that answers the question "Why is Chicago so Corrupt?" If you want a little insight into our fair city, just substitute "Philadelphia" for "Chicago," "Pat Meehan" for "Patrick Fitzgerald," and "John Street" for "Richard Daley."
The question remains, why does everyone (like Boeing) think Chicago is so much better than Philadelphia?
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Could it possibly have something to do with the fact that Chicago's business and wage taxes are 0% (zero percent)?
Does anyone know what Chicago's zoning and building code looks like?
Posted by Dave | September 9, 2006 3:34 PM
Also has to do with the quality of their hack leadership; their Mayor is awesome, has vision, insight, etc. But he's definitely a hack. By contrast, most of our hacks are idiots.
Posted by Philly Phantom | September 11, 2006 1:02 PM