Chicago currently has a 76-story tower under construction, but you'd never know it if you didn't subscribe to the neighborhood alderman's newsletter. It's just a different scale. The only part where you may be on to something is that a number of the large tower owners are having financial problems, and that's a good reason to put the ... More @Wikipedia
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