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Why doesn't Chicago have more food co-ops? For a city that loves food and specialty shops, we have so few co-ops. Why is that?

Asked by Katie Hanson

In the year 2040 the population of New York City is expected to hit 9 million. How can Chicago increase its population to over 3 million?

Asked by Marc Sims

Has any City or even County tax ever been repealed in Chicago? Have we ever ended a new tax?

Asked by Charles Zaucha

The Indiana Harbor Ship Canal is an industrial park that accepted multi-ethnic workers, who could walk to their factories, steel mills and r...

Asked by Richard Morrisroe

How are textbook purchases funded in CPS? How much money is spent on textbooks annually in CPS?

Asked by Mahesh

What does CTA do with the cargo cars that it pulls on the Blue and Pink Lines?

Asked by Tim Reiff

Aside from donating money to shelters, what are some active and immediate ways Chicagoans can help the homeless?

Asked by Laura Christman

Trains carrying coal pass by my living room window daily. I thought the coal plants were shut down. Where is that coal going?

Asked by Charles Alley

Why are there so many used car lots on Western Ave but seemingly nowhere else in Chicago?

Asked by Anonymous

I always see a helicopter flying north and south. Would it be more economical/greener to fly a drone to monitor the lake front.

Asked by Simone

Road repairs take forever. Why do they tear up a street and let it sit for 2,3 or 4 weeks before doing the next step? Makes traffic worse.

Asked by Clinton Wolf

What are the economics behind the trucks selling fruit all over the city?

Asked by Anonymous

Why do so many Chicago restaurants close on Tuesdays instead of Monday?

Asked by Anonymous

Who owns the old US Steel site on the lakefront? Are there any plans to redevelop this prime real estate?

Asked by Rohit Agarwal

Why are there so many furniture stores in Wicker Park?

Asked by Rohit Agarwal

What's the story behind our industrial "neighborhoods"? Printer's Row, the strip of what used to be shoe factories in the loop, etc.

Asked by G. Hollander

How is there so much traffic...at all times of day? I get that it's a big population, but that many people can't be NOT AT WORK?!?!

Asked by Alex Actipis

Why is parking free on Sundays? Has it always been this way? Why?

Asked by Jonah B

Why do I see so many street lights on during daylight, considering the cost of running them and the carbon footprint they create?

Asked by susan stone

What is the story behind the gentrification of what we now see as a trendy and "hipsterie" neighborhood, Wicker Park?

Asked by Dana

I like the question about concrete vs asfalt but why wouldn't Chicago use permeable concrete or asfalt to reduce flooding and be more green

Asked by David Bustamante

A great roads episode. The pothole ? unanswered. A:Improper water drainage under pavement. Followup?

Asked by Art Malm

What are the top 5 tourist attractions in Chicago that are free?

Asked by Jose Hernandez

How many CHA housing vouchers get used on the Northside and why?

Asked by Anonymous

Does the city of Chicago have more automated speed/red light cameras in economically impoverished neighborhoods?

Asked by Morgan Richardson

Does new housing in Chicago ever include "mixed income" folks as is always claimed when first announced aka North Branch River plan?

Asked by Kate Strachan

Why Chicago allowing Uber, without following the law of the city and Illinois.

Asked by Mohammed Omar

Just how bad was Chicago's deal to privatize its parking meter system? Where did the money go, and how much will we leave on the table?

Asked by PJ Beardsley

Does the parking meter company make interest profit off of the money in my ParkChicago app account? Does Ventra do the same?

Asked by Remy Schwartz

Private equity firms bought 1000 of Chicago properties in low income neighborhoods. What will that do to the state of affordable homes in IL

Asked by Nicole

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