One partner to go. According to a recent Wendy’s survey, “About 10% of Chicagoland respondents either met their mate or proposed to their sweetheart in a fast food restaurant.”
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“Like an unforgiving mirror, Lake County reflects what’s good and what’s bad about metropolitan Chicago. High-tech manufacturing exists side-by-side with shuttered machine shops; sparkling corporate headquarters offer stark contrasts to boarded storefront businesses; and million-dollar estates sprawl within walking distance of wretched public housing units,” writes Tom Andreoli in Chicago Enterprise (March 1989). “Decommissioning [setting aside] thousands of acres west of the tollway reinforces existing racial and economic divisions. Ending the scattered-site housing program does the same thing. Public transportation doesn’t link the jobless to the jobs. And the county’s largest job-training program may not adequately serve unemployed blacks and Hispanics. When all this occurs in one of the wealthiest counties in the nation, it can make for a most unflattering reflection.”
Reality check from Harper’s “Index” (May 1989): “Sales of licensed California Raisin merchandise in North America last year: $450,000,000. Sales of California raisins in North America last year: $400,000,000.”
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): illustration/Carl Kock.
