Second and maybe equally obvious is that our adjacent neighboring states are not benefiting as the suburbs did. One might assume that Indiana and Wisconsin would be what the northern and western suburbs were 50 years ago. Racine and Kenosha in Wisconsin, and Hammond and Gary in Indiana, have not taken off. I’m told that Nashville, Tennessee, and Houston are attractive alternatives to Chicago. However, I find it hard to believe that those with established business, family and social contacts leave Chicago on Monday and wake up Tuesday with life as usual but freed from the oppression of inefficiency and corruption. They’re likely trading one set of problems for new and maybe more difficult challenges. Established people don’t adapt as pets and plants do.