Are there any secrets left in Chicago? Author Lauren Viera says there are 500 of them

CHICAGO — Knowing that the world’s secrets are as close as your phone or computer keyboard — “Alexa, what’s the meaning of life?” — do we really need to buy and read books that claim to offer answers to questions we’ve never asked?

There have been previous literary efforts aimed at divulging the “secrets” of Chicago and its environs and some websites offer to do the same. And I suppose for a few bucks your neighborhood bartender will be happy to tell you where you might score a cheap fur coat or hot TV set.

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