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nereye
In case it's not obvious, this is Pullman, Chicago, Illinois.

Not Pullman, Washington, home of Digilent Inc. (purveyors of fine FPGA dev boards, the Analog Discovery 2 and other HN-relevant hardware) and of Washington State University, etc.

boomboomsubban
Both Pullmans are named after the same person, but George Pullman has no actual connection to the Washington one.
themadturk
Pullman, WA wanted to benefit from the name association, if memory serves me right.
kasey_junk
The US Labor Day holiday was a result of fairly violent interactions between Pullman workers and the Pullman company. One of the workers main concerns was the landlord relationship of their employer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pullman_Strike#Labor_Day

binarynate
I think it's interesting to compare Pullman to another company town just 15 miles to the east: Gary, Indiana. It makes me wonder how different Gary would be today if it had been annexed by Chicago like Pullman was.
glasss
I have a friend who studied anthropology, and one of their courses was all about Pullman. What I found most interesting from their stories of the class was how anal Pullman (the guy) was. If he found a family in the town that weren't living as he would prefer, they were thrown out.
pstuart
That sounds more asshole than anal.
stcroixx
Isn't facebook trying to build something like this?
MichaelZuo
It's interesting that the same houses that rented for $18/month in the 1880s, rent for around $1500/month nowadays, albeit after a lot of modern renovations.

Which after factoring in a qualitative improvement of 2x, suggests that $1 in the mid 1880s is worth $40 today.