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I lived through it in Atlanta for the 1996 summer games, and it does mess  
up a city for a long period of 
time. Atlanta is fortunate that it is a spread out town with many many  
alternate ways for getting around. I was born in Illinois and know Chicago 
would  have a much harder time accommodating the crowds and disruption. What 
these  planners always forget is that the millions of regular folk still have 
to go to  work, the city won't close for the Olympics. Streets already 
crowded with  commuters become immobile when you add this many visitors, all 
negotiating their  way between venues. Chicago should be sighing with relief 
right about now.
 
Drew
 
 
In a message dated 10/6/2009 11:15:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mmcharry AT gmail.com writes:

What you  didn't see were all the people who were at home drawing deep
sighs of  relief. I was living in Chicago when the Pope visited, and it
was a mess in  downtown by all reports; I stayed home.

The whole world may look bad by  2016. May we all live long enough to
find out, or maybe  not.

Marie

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Leslie  <cayadopi AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> I looked at that announcement from  an economic perspective, and laughed 
my head off.  My first thought was  that the masters of the universe just 
tipped their hand about their thoughts  of our future in 2016.  I laughed 
even 
harder at the stunned look of  the people gathered in Chicago to celebrate 
the announcement.  If my  guess is correct 2016 will look pretty ugly in the 
US, not just  Chicago.
>
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