Chicago losing population, these are the reasons why

Chicago, the only city among the nation's 20 largest to see population loss in 2015, could be overtaken in a decade by Houston as the third-most-populous city Residents say that the reasons for leaving are: high taxes, the state budget stalemate, crime, the unemployment rate and the weather Black residents have been among those calling it quits on their hometown, heading to the suburbs and warm-weather states