The City Which Would Not Be Cowed: The Great Chicago Fire of 1871

Re:The City Which Would Not Be Cowed: The Great Chicago Fire... by 1cvmask on Friday October 22, 2021 @03:21PM (#28961458)

Has resilience changed over time?

The city recovered relatively quickly in 1871, but has still failed to completely recover from the 1968 riots:

Following the riots, Chicago experienced a food shortage, and the city's needs were barely met by volunteers bringing food to the area. Results of the riots include the increase in pace of the area's ongoing deindustrialization and public and private disinvestment. Bulldozers moved in to clean up after the rioters, leaving behind vacant lots, many of which remain today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Chicago_riots

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Re:The City Which Would Not Be Cowed: The Great Chicago Fire... by AlbertCory on Friday October 22, 2021 @05:40PM (#28963100)

This is a bit of overgeneralization. "The city" was not experiencing a food shortage; the riot areas may well have been.

As for the difference between 1871 and 1968: Chicago was a bit smaller back then.

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Re:The City Which Would Not Be Cowed: The Great Chicago Fire... by lotsofpulp on Friday October 22, 2021 @06:05PM (#28963338)

Also, advances in rail, air travel, and shipping from Asia probably reduced the demand for rebuilding Chicago. And westward expansion of the US in general.

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