This can only end well, take 2

So I'm trolling on Fark and discover that the Gods of the Olympics Committee have decided that Chicago will host the Olympic Games of 2016. Yes, I can see how this could happen.

Because everyone knows that if China can clean up their act (aesthetically, not morally, of course) then bringing the Olympics to a vermin-infested sinkhole like Chicago will smooth out this rough city like a fresh round of Botox on Joan Rivers.

Let's see about Chicago. What's Chicago really, really like?

Statistics are from 2000
/doodly-doo, doodly-doo, doodly-doo/

• population of Chicago (city only): nearly 2.9 million and growing
• families with children living in poverty: 84,598
• families earning less than $10k per year: 68,431
• adults, age 25+, 9th grade or less education: 225,497
• grandparents caring for minor grandchildren: 41,328

Crime statistics aren't that great, either:
Statistics are from 2003

• murders are 2.70 times national average: 598
• all violent crimes are 2.18 Xs national average: 37,684
• all property crimes are on par, actually: 144,622
• there were no forcible rapes in 2003.

Okay, so there is a bright side to Chicago. Sure, you're twice as likely to get murdered, robbed or assaulted, but you're less likely to be raped.

Yay, Chicago!


PS: You must click on Joan. I dare you. I triple-dog-dare you.

Many thanks to About.Com and CityRating.Com for their lovely statistics reports!