Wrigley Field has been listed among the “happiest places in the world,” and the rampant gentrification throughout the surrounding neighborhoods has significantly altered demographics over the last 30 years. But because people are undefeated at being the worst, not even a World Series title and $700 million in renovations and new construction will keep them from acting like idiots.
The glitzy façade of pricey bars and $600-a-night hotels has done nothing but paper over the area’s seedy underbelly, or so the data presented by Rob Arthur of Deadspin indicates. If anything, the Wrigleyville environment may be worse than in the past.