A new analysis from Zillow has concluded that Chicago has more “underwater” mortgages than any other real estate market in the country, meaning there are more homeowners in Chicago than anywhere else whose houses are worth less than they still owe on their mortgage. The total figure for the Chicago metro area, according to Zillow, […]
At an office furniture trade show held Monday in Chicago, companies showed off new solutions to a dangerous health problem afflicting office workers. As more workers become sedentary and spend their nine-to-five workday sitting down, experts have warned that “sitting is the new smoking.” Not only do studies confirm that sitting workers have a higher
Northwest Community Healthcare, which serves suburbs to the northwest of Chicago, is embracing technological advances to offer more convenience and better care to its patients. The group just finished the implementation of a new electronic health record system, a project that has been in the works since late 2013. The system “helps improve communication between
Dashboard vehicle cameras come standard in many foreign countries because of higher rates of insurance fraud overseas, but many U.S. drivers have been slow to adopt the technology. In Chicago, a series of high-profile incidents involving vehicle cameras are helping raise public awareness of the technology. On Tuesday, June 2, a Chicago bus “inexplicably” ran
It’s a common woe among the millennial crowd: spending hours at a time sifting through profiles on Tinder, with none of the so-called hot singles in your area as tattooed as you’d like them to be. If you’re tired of the futility of swiping left on tattoo-less prospects, your prayers have been answered in the
Increasingly overwhelmed by the city’s population, aging infrastructure systems throughout Chicago could begin to threaten the environment in the coming years if nothing is done to fix them. According to The DePaulia, evidence of sewer system overload is already apparent throughout much of the city. When last summer brought heavy rains and flash flooding, Chicago’s
Nineteen-year-old Taylor Townsend may have lost her first-round match at the French Open, but this Chicago native is an up-and-comer in the tennis world. Townsend grew up in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, which is known for being a troubled area. The neighborhood ranks fifth in terms of violent crimes in the city, according to The
A West Side man who had been charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty after posting an online video of him blowing marijuana smoke into a pet chameleon’s mouth has been acquitted by a Cook County judge. Bruce Blunt, 40 (whose last name has been met with amusement by many online audiences), said that the marijuana seemed
Just in time for peak camping season, Cook County Forest Preserve will open up five new and improved camping sites to families across the Chicago area, for the first time in more than 50 years. According to WLS-TV, the five forest preserves slated to open to campers this summer are Shabbona Woods in South Holland,
A record-breaking year of fundraising efforts has given the North Chicago Public Library the money it needs to undergo some much-needed repairs, upgrades and renovations. According to the Chicago Tribune, the Argonne Drive facility recently unveiled its newest upgrade — a new rental dropbox in the library’s parking lot — at a May 9 ribbon-cutting ceremony.