A gruesome string of violence in Chicago in being investigated right now to see if any of it is connected in any way whatsoever. It'd almost be more comforting if it were. Otherwise, these numbers are incredibly frightening - not just for Chicago, but for any city.

Chicagoist writer Chris Karr interviews Chicago-based Google engineers Brian Fitzpatrick, Jon Trowbridge and Ben Collins-Sussman, otherwise known as "the guys who didn't want to move to California." Asked why they didn't make the move to SF or NYC, the engineers had this to say: