Just an observation: In many ways, Chicago's media reports the local news in ways that have a lot more in common with smaller towns than world-class cities. In other words: Stuff that qualifies as the lead story in Chicago wouldn't even make the news filler in NY. For example, "A woman was mugged in a parking garage in a suburb that's 45 minutes from downtown Chicago."

Would you ever see a news item on a NY TV station about a parking garage mugging in Bridgewater, NJ? Or on a LA TV station about a mugging in Irvine?