re: Chicago seems like a wonderful city - why does everyone here shite on it?

I’ve only been once but enjoyed my time there. I liked it more than NYC, which I’ve been to several times. We stayed at the JW near Millennium Park and walked all around that area, Magnificent Mile, and River North area (and some surrounding areas), took a ride share to West Loop and enjoyed that area too. Never felt like we were in any sort of danger.

Awesome city. Lived there. Would do it again.

My sense is small worldview people are more easily influenced by their algorhythms. Chitting on cities they know very little about but what their algorhythmic overlords told them to think. And race lubricates their hate gonads.

A day on Randolph festival, dip into Wrigleyville and Blue Chicago or Kingston Mines evening is alright by me! After all, blues was born in New Orleans…but raised in Chicago.

I probably know Chicago better than most on here, being a lifelong Midwesterner, having spent a great deal of time there over my entire life, and who now lives in a small Indiana city connected to it by commuter train.

Some of the neighborhoods are really excellent (you mentioned Jefferson Park, I know it and it’s very nice). Some (black neighborhoods on the South Side, in particular, though even then there are good black neighborhoods and very good neighborhoods in that part of the city) are burnt out ghettos that are terrifying to even be near. Unfortunately, of course, the fine citizens who have made those neighborhoods like that are free to roam anywhere they please. If one doesn’t care to run that risk (something with which I sympathize), it’s best to steer clear completely.

You have to be careful no matter where in the city you are, but it can be a great urban scene.

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Chicago is a great city, lots of folks on here that have never ventured more than 10 miles from mama's house have a herd mentality and jump on certain band wagons just because it seems like the cool thing to do

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They let Fox News tell them what to believe

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2025: 416 homicides (lowest in 60 years)
2024: 587 homicides
2023: 623 homicides
2022: 719 homicides

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Congrats, you went when it's not freezing and the murders have been the lowest in 60 years.

While it does have some nice areas, overall it is a dangerous, corrupt, sancturary city that's politics reward and foment a terrible culture and lazy electorate that lives off of law abiding hard working Americans.

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Congrats, you went when it's not freezing and the murders have been the lowest in 60 years.

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I bet 95%+ of those 719 murders in 2022 were confined to a few specific areas and mostly black male on black male violence.

If you can afford it, nearly any city can be a nice experience. They all need tourist dollars. If you can't afford it, nearly any city can be a mistake... usually for the same, lingering reasons.

Because Tucker and PBD said so!

crime and the leadership are why it gets shite on. I have never been but i am sure if you stay in the good areas everything is great. My nephew is moving there for work next week...based on the info i have from my sis and BIL (grew up in chicago) it's very expensive, parking is hell and there are bars everywhere and tons of things to do...just avoid going into the bad areas.