Chicago 2016: Cry the Beloved Country

Chicago just doesnt strike me as a city that is setup well to do the olympics...i think Rio would be a pretty cool place to have them

About 4 hours away from the announcement. I hope Rio gets it. I'd much rather see images of Sugarloaf, Ipanema and the Christ the Redeemer statue than the South side of Chicago. Rio actually wants the Olympics. Half of Chicago doesn't give a shite.

Good, another country's taxpayers will have to foot the bill.

The thread on the Poli Board is a disgrace so I will just post my thoughts here. The romanticized version of Rio in most Westerners' minds is BS. Basically every businessman that goes on a trip to Rio has to be provided with private security to prevent kidnapping and in many parts of the country, red lights are only used as stop signs in the evenings to prevent roadside ambushes.

It will be interesting to see how the level of violence will be minimized by Brazilian authorities. There is also a great deal of poverty in Rio, something that cannot be understand by anyone who's only lived in the US. Will death squads be brought in to cleanse the city of homeless people? That's what happened in Sao Paulo as recently has 5 years ago.