City of the Big Gaps

Luis Alberto Urrea:

But few of the hundreds, if not thousands, of poor evacuees now staring at Chicago's formidable towers are likely to enjoy the good fortunes of A. J. Liddell. And that's the larger story of the local economy: that in this era of outsourcing, housing bubbles and budget deficit pay-downs, the traditional Chicago gap between haves and have-nots has eroded into a chasm.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at October 2, 2005 9:53 PM
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