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Why do traffic reports give travel times between destinations (as opposed to stating observed miles per hour at a given point), and use stre...

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Many local high schools have both extremely high and low achieving students, associated with family income. How does this achievement gap c...

Asked by Kathleen O'Connor

Today I saw a cop leave his car running while he was on a lunch break in a restaurant for AN HOUR. This may be an extreme example but cops o...

Asked by Chad

Why are there so many hair salons and convenience stores in Albany park?

Asked by Anonymous

Where have all the cows gone from the Cows On Parade exhibit?

Asked by Kathy Casillas

On the movie set of 'The Vow,' how did the director get everyone to clear out from the bean in Millenium Park?

Asked by Sarah

Why do we still value standardized testing when it's designed to prefer the dominant race?

Asked by Lara Elborno

What would a society without race look like?

Asked by Mike Hawkins

Within minority and immigrant communities, how do we begin to talk about local racism?

Asked by Ami Gandhi

Why are so many Chicago Public School students content to pass their classes with only a 'D?' Is it appropriate to ask students to share re...

Asked by Amy Hank

What is the connection among all of the famous names that are listed on that two story black billboard, west of the Brown Line stop at Chica...

Asked by Kevin Rasp

What effect does the Chicago winter have on people who live here?

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What's the history of Chicago Public Libraries and their buildings?

Asked by L. Macson

Has the secret CPD Task Force made any progress in definitively proving that Phil Ponce is actually the arch-villain known as The Poncenator...

Asked by Hugh Barbasol

The Elgin-O'Hare Expressway extends to neither Elgin nor O'Hare. Why is this?

Asked by Scott Kelley

There appears to be a perception that Chicagoans are friendlier than inhabitants of other large metropolitan areas. Is it true? If so, why...

Asked by Brian Massimino

Follow the life of a plastic bag.\ \ When will sidewalks be repaired?\ \ Which area of the city has the most pit dogs?

Asked by Joyce P. Lopez

Why are there three (3) La Pasaditas on the same corner???

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There were ideas floated last year of Cook County seceding from Illinois to become the 51st state. How could that happen, and if it did, wha...

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Why do people still commonly used the word 'bogus' in Chicago?

Asked by Sagar Patel

How do mild winters impact Chicago's economy?

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Why do we get so many huge puddles on the streets in Chicago when it rains hard?

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Chicago residents seem to jaywalk at extraordinary levels. What are Chicago's jaywalking laws and are they ever enforced? How do they comp...

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What is it about Chicagoans that make them more down to earth and easier to talk to than,for example, Angelinos? My kids both live in L.A. a...

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What appreciable effects has the closing of Meigs Field had on the Chicago?

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Chicago has an entire network of underground streets, including some, such as Wacker Drive and Randolph Street, that are even triple-tiered....

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Who started dying the river green on St. Patrick's day and why?

Asked by Zach Johnson-Dunlop

Why are CPS school principals allowed to hand pick some of their students?

Asked by Katie Scrantom

How does the city of Chicago decide what the street-cleaning schedule is and who is accountable to make sure signs are supposed to be up?

Asked by Bunmi Akinnusoto

Why are some of the first floors of Chicago apartments below street level? I heard they raised the streets a while back but don't understand...

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