Chicago though is on a coast and prices were getting surreal.

Mark

During the mid 70's home prices in Wichita, Ks skyrocketed for a
while. We turned a home at nearly 100% gain in price in about four
years (with about 20% of original cost in improvements). It has
settled to a "healthy" pace since then. Even with the aerospace job
losses the local market has not been crushed like other places. It is
slow, but still some building and selling.

RonB