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Great read, and I agree with all of it. I grew up and lived in Seattle my entire life, but have been in Chicago the past 3 years. Chicago may not have the same ratio of Japanese population to total pop, but in absolute numbers the community may well be larger. It's just such a larger city than Seattle, as you point out. It's a "big city" just a tick down from NY. If that's the environment he likes, Chicago wouldn't be a bad pick. But if he's visited Chicago in the past few weeks, the weather probably hasn't helped their pitch.... I'm sure Theo insisted on an LA location for their visit :)