Chicago has been nicknamed "The Windy City" for years due to its reputation of hosting several Long winded politicians that do more taking and giving long winded speeches than actually doing anything to make the city better. In reality, it should have been named "The Wicked City" due to its unusually high crime rate.
For years Chicago has held the top spot has having one of the highest crime rates in the nation. Its homicide rate is even highter than the Cities of New York and Los Angeles!
The media tends to dramatize things that in turn only makes matters worse, but as long as all the crooked politicians are making money from it, no one seems to care!