re: Chicago...staying around Miracle Mile. Still a good idea?

Transportation report:
Used the train system extensively and mostly it was great.

There were more than a couple of instances of what appeared to be homeless people sleeping on the blue line to Ohare, but they didn’t bother anyone.
Evidently the blue line at least temporarily has a “line cut” on the weekends which means you have to use a shuttle bus for part of the way, so be prepared for that. No big deal, just not nearly as convenient as you would expect getting on the blue line to be.

The red line to Addison from downtown was the sketchiest that we rode. One dude had just messed himself and walked away right before we got on, according to one nice person who warned me he might come back (and according to the shite stains on the seat).

The subway system downtown feels dirty but it didn’t bother us. There was one really crazy dude sitting on the platform hollering at people, and that was uncomfortable.

We Uber’d a lot on Sunday, and that was obviously nicer, but where a train was convenient I still used that and would again.

Oh, I would have appreciated more police presence in general and especially on the trains. I don’t remember seeing cops at all on the trains and rarely on the platforms, which surprised me.