Urban flight over the past 10 years has left Chicago with its lowest population since the 1920 census. What do you think?

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  It's probably just that the census has stopped counting dead people since there's no Daley running for mayor."

  Liz Gillard
  Systems Analyst

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  Tell me about it. I went downtown the other day and only saw 678 people."

  Tony Petkovic
  Wet Mixer

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  That's just the berries, Mac! I 23-skiddooed back when that little town got too big for its britches—yeah, turned into a real flat tire. But if you say it's thinned out and is all hotsy-totsy again like it was in the Roaring Twenties, then I best grab my dolled-up tomato here and swing on over for an old juice-joint gimlet on State Street. What do you say, Gertie?"

  Rob Eierdam
  Social Director