You missed the point again you semi-literate ignor
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Are you SO f'ing stupid that you don't understand the meaning of the word 'net'? More companies moved into the Chicago area than moved out, hence the number one ranking. Now go f'k yourself.
“I guess data can belie the perception,” said Adam Bruns, the magazine’s managing editor. “High-profile departures can sometimes overshadow the arrivals.”
He said Cook and its nearby counties are reaping the benefits of location in the center of the country and access to a deep labor pool.
Bruns also said Chicago has enjoyed “good sustainable momentum in a number of economic sectors,” including technology, life sciences and data centers. The region’s leaders, he said, are cooperating to meet challenges with “creative solutions, bold programs and the sort of candor and openness that’s almost Chicago’s brand.”
For 2022, Site Selection counted a record 448 business relocations or expansions in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area, which takes in southeast Wisconsin and northwest Indiana. It finished ahead of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, which had 426 projects to rank second among metros with a population of more than 1 million people.