In spite of being America's second largest city for almost all of the 20th century, Chicago never developed the media production infrastructure that New York and Los Angeles did. Why is that the case? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

In spite of being America's second largest city for almost all of the 20th century, Chicago never developed the media production infrastructure that New York and Los Angeles did. Why is that the case?

by wolverine237

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I think the premise of the question might be incorrect. Is there some specific form of media production infrastructure that you have in mind?