As Chicago's tech community continued to grow and thrive throughout 2014, signaling a boom in the city's innovation economy, the question emerged (excitedly and often) about whether the Windy City is the next Silicon Valley.
I hate this question.
Though the answer is irrelevant - spoiler alert: NO! - its increasing prevalence is not. But if any city is familiar with the futile and potentially damaging nature of this type of question - "Who is the Next X?" - it's Chicago, home of His Airness.
