WI: Chicago becomes global city on par with NYC/London

Actually, New Chicago is the Earth's Capitol city (according to Buck Rodger's in the 25th Century).

I think it's Old Chicago in David Weber's Honor Harrington series....

These are both capital cities in the respective universes.

Saint Lawrence Seaway does seem like a good option, combined with the '38 hurricane hitting. Add in Carol, and it's a mess if Carol also goes that way. New York is very vulnerable if a hurricane comes in wrong...
 
I'm an Instructor at MDW Airport and pass the memorial to those ships everyday on my way to my office. :)


Too bad one of them could not have saved. What is amazing, is the number of aircraft being recovered from the lake bottom, and desirable to museum standards.
 
Silicon Valley's success was the universities, plus the non-compete restrictions under California labor law. Slight changes in state government could squish California's tech boom and allow one in any state with a strong educational base, Illinois included.
 
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