Chicago: City of the Future

[@TheDailyConversation]

Correction: The 'L' is heavy rail, not light rail. More info: shorturl.at/bczK1

[@TheDailyConversation]

Chicago is the epicenter of quantum technology research, the country’s leading nuclear energy producer, the logistics hub of the United States, the capital of Black America, and the forefront of the battle against warming-fueled urban flooding. Watch Part 1 Now kzbin.info/www/bejne/pn_HiWN6opJ9brs

[@gc08409]

Chicago is not the capital of Black America

[@lumenpraetorius4592]

I love Chicago. Greatest city in the world for me.

[@zach464]

Happy to see you posting again. I always enjoyed your channel. Keep up the good work.

[@TheDailyConversation]

That’s nice to hear, I appreciate that!

[@petez4608]

Chicago is not a perfect city but does have a lot going for it. I’ve lived here in the past and just moved back. As a city and rural/nature nerd, I went on a long exploratory bike ride last night throughout the city and the lakeshore and it was absolutely heaving with people. I was incredibly impressed, but not surprised.

[@KillerTacos54]

I love this series so much

[@TheDailyConversation]

You're the best, taco master!

[@RogerBerengerMbonoMbang]

I really like Chicago, very beautiful

[@AsgardVenture]

It would be interesting if more irrigation canals into the Midwest or other parts of the US could ease water shortages there and also help during heavy rain seasons in Chicago. It would probably be very expensive, but it might be an option if the water levels continue to rise. I think the Chinese tried something similar with a south to north canal but it wasn’t a great success there because they mainly wanted it for drinking water.

[@TheDailyConversation]

Interesting idea. In my research I learned how complex the Great Lakes water system is (and the politics surrounding it). There's a big agreement in place that governs how the water can be used: greatlakes.org/campaigns/defending-the-great-lakes-compact/#:~:text=The%20Great%20Lakes%20Compact%20bans,may%20apply%20for%20a%20diversion.

[@patrick383ironworker]

FYI the Elk Grove Village industrial park west of O'Hare is the largest industrial park in North America. My hometown

[@TheDailyConversation]

Wow! I didn't know that, but it totally makes sense--I was blown away by the number of trucks on the road around there.

[@dylannother5459]

I would love to see a video on Vancouver, Canada! Great content as always, looking forward to the finale.

[@TheDailyConversation]

Thanks Dylan! Great suggestion :)

[@MrOinkingPig]

The L is heavy rail, not light rail.

[@TheDailyConversation]

You’re right-thanks for the correction!

[@Minelaughter]

@@TheDailyConversationMetra is Heavy Rail. CTA is light rail wtf

[@mixsix6]

@@Minelaughter CTA is absolutely heavy rail

[@Minelaughter]

@@mixsix6 definitely not I would not put CTA trains & METRA trains in the same category. CTA trains can barely go outside Chicago meanwhile METRA can go interstate

[@hamburglar83]

Light rail can work on streets…..so streetcars or TRAM(work with mixed traffic). So yes, technically L is heavy rail

[@PedroRodriguez-hy5ty]

They need to do this in the Philippines

[@kirukeith4085]

I think it would be interesting to see a mega city episode on Addis Ababa and Istanbul to very old cities with very real problems

[@TheDailyConversation]

Yes, Ethiopia is an interesting place. I did make a video on the megaprojects of Turkey a few years ago...kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZvZgqGKbMl_gKM

[@Jude74]

In 2013 the water was so much lower than it is today. It’s scary.

[@marywatson9246]

Argonne labs was there more than 40 yrs ago!

[@TheDailyConversation]

Wow!

[@lokesh303101]

Yes!

[@Banksied]

Need a video on Toronto! Fastest growing city in the western world.

[@TheDailyConversation]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@AlaskaPowerBottom]

I don't think that's the case. I am pretty sure cities in Latin America are growing faster.

[@Banksied]

@@AlaskaPowerBottom I'm excluding latin America from my definition of the west, but maybe thats wrong

[@MateusChristopher]

Finally some good press for Chicago 😂 even when some of it is debatable 😅

[@TrumponSoaksUpRed]

It’s the opposite. The “bad press” is deliberate far right smear campaigns.

[@damonickamatthews5018]

Wow I just seen my sisters house

[@PookieLoc]

Detroit was the biggest manufacturer of the tanks and b2 bombers during ww2

[@TheDailyConversation]

It is nearby so I'm sure they worked hand-in-hand...

[@BGTuyau]

The title of this video is -like that of so nany others- misleading.

[@ps_pol_xbox9036]

Chicago is the future, yea right, the only future it has is one riddled with crime and bankruptcy (kinda like Detroit). Pensions in Chicago are the most underfunded of any city (24% funded), and all the mayor (as well as the state governor) does is raise taxes to attempt to solve the crisis but all they do is drive more and more rich people and businesses out of the city and the state in the long run, making the problem even worse than before as they end up collecting less tax revenue in the long run. Not to mention crime is also increasing in the city thanks to the soft-on-crime progressive mayor Brandon Johnson who, instead of fixing crime, chooses to scold the public and news media for exposing crime and portraying Chicago as an unsafe place to live in despite Walmart and Target literally closing stores there due to rampant theft.