USA The last 12 months have seen property appreciation at over 30% in central Florida and with inflation at 1.9%, the unemployment rate at just 3.9% and more than 60 million visitors each year, the property purchase and rental market is experiencing an ongoing upward surge. Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the state of Illinois, the largest in the Midwest, and, with a population of nearly three million people, it is the third-most populous city in the United States. Chicago is the financial, business, and cultural capital of the Midwest