FiveThirtyEight Bids Adieu to the Windy City

By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on Mar 31, 2009 9:30PM

It's a bit of a sad day as Chicago loses one of its excellent bloggers, FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver, to the East Coast. In an announcement posted on the political site yesterday, Silver said:

I have a great deal of love for Chicago, where I've been for the past 13 years, and the Midwest, where I've been essentially my entire life. In the Internet era, one can cover American politics from almost anywhere: some extremely talented writers do it from places like Brazil and Mexico. Nevertheless, as I've watched the number of 212 and 646 area codes proliferate in my Blackberry (see incredibly dorky chart below), and become intimately familiar with the concession stands at LaGuardia Airport (avoid the Wendy's by Terminal D), I've realized that there's an if-you-can't-beat-'em, join-'em quality to New York City -- and I've decided to join 'em.

Best of luck in Gotham, Nate. [via Gapers Block]