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We spotted these cicadas , precocious little buggers apparently, in Flossmoor last weekend. City neighborhoods are allegedly awash in them, but we haven’t seen too many in the asphalt-heavy environs we tend to frequent in the city.
We imagine it might be a different story in the greener pastures of Sauganash, Edgebrook, Beverly and Mount Greenwood.
How are cicadas affecting life in your neighborhood? Have they impeded anyone’s home hunt, ruined any showings? Any carefully staged houses marred by the crunch of exoskeletons?
Or, are they proving an inspiration for wary homebuyers who have been sitting on the fence waiting, waiting, waiting for the market to pick up? Click on “Comments” below.
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I’ve recently been looking into buying at Centrum Properties CityFront Plaza project. I didn’t spot a single cicada amidst these luxery high-rises! ha.
Which City neighborhoods are allegedly awash with them? Maybe the furthest-out ones on the NW or SW sides?
I haven’t seen a single one in or around Grant Park.
I really want to see some, too!
Carter: None out by you?
I’m with Jeff – I haven’t seen a one, and I live in a fairly green, tree-heavy neighborhood (despite earlier damage on some blocks by the Asian long-horned beatle).
On new reports, reporters are making this seem biblical. Maybe it is in some spots, but it’s weird not to see a trace of them amidst talk of people moving wedding indoors because of the deafening roar, etc.
I walked through Graceland Cemetery this morning. Lovely place.
Just me and some cemetery workers around. No friggin cicadas.
One landed on my face in the South Loop. But that’s all I’ve seen.
Well, their may be a reason this city is called Chicago and not “Chi-Cada”. This news reporter has had his nose to the ground in Ravenswood and Evanston without a bug-eye looking back!
Seems like we may have had some cicada puffing by us the media… much like real estate reporting.
This is one reporter’s opinion, but it seems the experts’ boat has sailed on the SEA-Cada epidemic.
I’m Kent Brockman … back to you, Yo Chicago.
zilch.
however, at the Chase Race last night the 10,000 used water cups scattering in the wind on Columbus sounded pretty close.
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