Chicago snubbed again: First by Amazon and now by Apple

What do America’s big tech companies have against Chicago?

First, Amazon.com Inc. snubbed the city when it announced last month that Long Island City in Queens and Crystal City in Virginia will each ultimately get more than 25,000 Amazon employees as part of company’s announcement that it was splitting its HQ2 choice between the New York area and the Washington, D.C. area.

And today Apple Inc. shunned Chicago when it announced huge workforce additions in various parts of the country.

The Cupertino,…