It's coming all right. Twentysomethings are forming start-ups in the corn fields around the University of Illinois' technology incubator. Technology is seen as a path to riches there, too. And the residents of Chicagoland are paying the price. People are pressed for time as they scramble to get ahead.
Traffic is horrendous.
Housing prices are going nuts. Two of my high school friends, now married to each other, work opposite shifts so that one can always be home with their two boys. They're thinking of moving to Indiana, where they could afford a house on one salary. The Chicago Tribune reports on the newest wireless technology and the latest earnings of the companies driving the Internet economy. And from the land of heat and humidity, Silicon Valley is still viewed as something of a carnival show.