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• The 50 lowest-income stations of the Chicago 'L'

  CTA stations ranked by the lowest median household income of the census tract they sit in.

• The 50 richest stations of the Chicago 'L'

  CTA stations ranked by the median household income of the census tract they sit in.

• Chicago CTA games: the L, as a puzzle

  Chicago Guessr, Metro Memory Chicago and the first daily L station game, plus the numbers that make the Loop so cruel.

• 10 things to know about the Chicago L

  From the 1892 opening to the station that opened in 2017 replacing two others, ten checkable facts about the L.

• The 10 weirdest stations on the Chicago L

  A station inside a building, one with no neighbours for 48 years, and eight more genuinely odd L stops.

• The ghost stations of the Chicago L

  A never-opened superstation, an abandoned branch, and the Loop stops closed within the last decade.

• CTA Wordle: a daily Chicago L guessing game, out September 24

  DailyMetro's Chicago edition launches September 24: one mystery L station a day, 144 stations across all eight color lines, free and already in early access.

• 100,000 users later: the story of DailyMetro

  A game made for one friend, a viral tweet and a month of rollercoaster: the story behind DailyMetro.

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