Youth and the city
Despite Chicago’s conflicting narrative, many organizations do find the city worthy of praise. Chicago was ranked as the 6th most “youthful” city (out of 25 large urban global cities) as part of the 2014 YouthfulCities Index, created as “the first index to rank cities from a youth perspective.”
For their index, the top five largest cities were chosen from five regions: Africa, Asia, English-speaking North America, Europe and Latin America. Youth was defined as 15-29 years old, and categories included public space, transportation and affordability and employment and fashion, among others.
Their rankings were based on 10 months of research with more than 75 people, “contributing to 16 categories, 80 Global Indicators, and 2000 data points.”
What does all of that mean?