Three local families vacated their building on the same afternoon a remote-work expat posted that “the universe had opened up” a sun-drenched two-bedroom exactly when she needed it, describing the unit’s sudden availability as a gift from the neighborhood rather than a consequence of her own arrival.

Her gratitude journal, now a paid newsletter, frames the building’s new all-expat tenant chat — renamed this week from the residents’ original WhatsApp group to “Community of Abundance” — as evidence of how “graciously” she has been welcomed, written from a laptop still logged into her employer’s Chicago VPN.