My father-in-law grew up in St. Louis back when it was a thriving hub city, "The Gateway to the West." Now it's not anymore. I wonder if Chicago and Atlanta divided up the rail and plane traffic that used to go through St. Louis, and I wonder why things changed.
Interesting stuff, I definitely learned something new! I live in Indianapolis, and we are also a hub in terms of "crossroads of America" and all that jazz. You can ship just about anywhere within 2 business days. Makes sense Chicago is just a super-large version of that with more connections and resources. Pretty cool information, thank you!
I really enjoyed the commodity trading angle you presented. It truly shows why Chicago is one of the largest commodity trading hubs and reinforces how it got there. Thank you!
I have some articles on your theory about the growth of cities and find it interesting. I have a question though, according to this theory shouldn't New Orleans be much bigger?
Great article, I learned quite a few new things. But it triggered a thought based on something I read a few weeks ago. Isn’t time to build some more great- modernized of course- cities, and where do you think might be great locations?
Thanks for the analysis. I appreciated learning more about the development of the waterways in particular.
I'd love it if you were able to include more about the role that indigenous people played in settling and developing Chicago and laying the foundation for much of the industrial growth you discuss.
I also think it'd be valuable to discuss The Great Migration and the huge impact it had on Chicago's infrastructure and industry.
More than cultural side-notes, these seem like necessary components of an exploration of Chicago's growth and lines of communication.
Here are a couple starting resources on these topics:
Really good article. A whole book's worth of information in one concise entry! Great use of photos and maps to illustrate, also! Really well done, Tomas!
Great article. Love how you mixed in so many images, really made the piece clear. And who knew about the Chicago flag?!
My father-in-law grew up in St. Louis back when it was a thriving hub city, "The Gateway to the West." Now it's not anymore. I wonder if Chicago and Atlanta divided up the rail and plane traffic that used to go through St. Louis, and I wonder why things changed.
Interesting stuff, I definitely learned something new! I live in Indianapolis, and we are also a hub in terms of "crossroads of America" and all that jazz. You can ship just about anywhere within 2 business days. Makes sense Chicago is just a super-large version of that with more connections and resources. Pretty cool information, thank you!
Well done!🤠
I really enjoyed the commodity trading angle you presented. It truly shows why Chicago is one of the largest commodity trading hubs and reinforces how it got there. Thank you!
Very informative and interesting, Thank you !
I have some articles on your theory about the growth of cities and find it interesting. I have a question though, according to this theory shouldn't New Orleans be much bigger?
Great article, I learned quite a few new things. But it triggered a thought based on something I read a few weeks ago. Isn’t time to build some more great- modernized of course- cities, and where do you think might be great locations?
As a born and bred Chicagoan, I learned a lot that I didn't know. You might want to take a look at the book The Third Coast, https://www.amazon.com/Third-Coast-Chicago-Built-American/dp/0143125095/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1681505287&sr=8-1.
I had never thought about Chicago in that way before.
Great article and even though I haven't been a Chicago resident for decades, your article brought back a lot of memories.
Thanks for the analysis. I appreciated learning more about the development of the waterways in particular.
I'd love it if you were able to include more about the role that indigenous people played in settling and developing Chicago and laying the foundation for much of the industrial growth you discuss.
I also think it'd be valuable to discuss The Great Migration and the huge impact it had on Chicago's infrastructure and industry.
More than cultural side-notes, these seem like necessary components of an exploration of Chicago's growth and lines of communication.
Here are a couple starting resources on these topics:
https://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/545.html
https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/diversity/chicago-indigenous
Thanks!
Really good article. A whole book's worth of information in one concise entry! Great use of photos and maps to illustrate, also! Really well done, Tomas!
I'm looking forward to your article on Quebec.
“The Michigan Lake”
Correction: you wrote "you want to connect four points with four other points. You need 16 connections."
Actually it's 32, as your graph shows.
Where did you get the satellite maps from?