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Raymond Sokolov

articles/2011/02/28/why-chicago-is-finally-americas-hottest-hippest-city/sokolov-chicago-gal-launch_ikjq7a

Why Chicago Is Now America's Hottest City

Now is a good time to be coming home for Rahm Emanuel, Raymond Sokolov writes in this week's Newsweek. The city has always been great—with world-class urban architecture, food, music and shopping—but now it's finally hip.

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