Don't Fence Me In

Chicago continues to drop people, losing out to exurban areas like.....Joliet! Sun Times:

People are following jobs out of Midwestern cities. Others are leaving expensive Northeastern and Western cities in search of more affordable homes. And people are fleeing big cities everywhere in search of better schools. New York remained the nation's largest city, with 8.1 million people, but lost 21,500.

Chicago, despite its condo boom and growing downtown, slipped 18,519, leaving it with 2,842,518.

Americans moving West and South. Less government, more opportunity and more room to live it.