A recent Forbes analysis ranked Chicago as the number two most overpriced metropolitan area in the country just after L.A. Chicago somehow beat out New York and San Francisco among others in a contest of housing costs, unemployment rate, and earning potential. 

Panel:
Adriene Hill , WBEZ business and economy reporter 
Dennis Rodkin, real estate columnist for Chicago Magazine
Michael Pagano, Dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago.