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Not really, but the Chicago violence is so self-contained its kind of crazy.

I've never felt even remotely unsafe in Chicago, but I also don't ever go anywhere near any of those neighborhoods.

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Would you feel safe visiting London, Paris, Rome or any other major city if about 60 people were shot there every weekend?

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If I knew they weren't shooting right at the Eiffel Tower, like I know they aren't shooting at Wrigley Field and on Madison.

I visit New Orleans frequently, I just know better to stray into the shitty areas. French Quarter is worse than nearly any tourist place in Chicago, but yet, there I am........

I flew into Chicago for an interview in September and took a long walk. I had no idea where I was or walking, but I never heard a gunshot, and returned safely to my Hotel after eating dinner.

I will admit I was on high alert during my walk....

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Would you feel safe visiting London, Paris, Rome or any other major city if about 60 people were shot there every weekend? Seems like something radical needs to be done in Chicago. I wonder how their numbers compare with Baghdad or Cairo?

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And yet amazingly, Chicago is only back to where it was in the late 90's (when the downtrend in violence had already begun in earnest.)

I've been to all three of those cities recently. Paris just a few weeks ago and London just a few days ago. Rome was over a year ago. Paris was sketchy in a few areas. London has no-go areas. The major areas to stay away from that seem sketchy are the area that the refugees have been resettled in. The only problems I have with these cities is the refugees hounding you to buys the cheap crappy souvenir's. As long as I was warned where not to go, I would feel OK in Chicago....

I have a trip panned to chicago now actally. Ive gone a lot during the summer. Never felt threatened

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far more people are shot in America than Europe

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Quit being a vagina.
I feel safe in Nola and the crime is pretty scattered.
I sure as hell could figure out how to stay safe in Chicago as could anyone with half of a brain.

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I sure as hell could figure out how to stay safe in Chicago as could anyone with half of a brain.

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That's a lot of brain to ask of some of our fellow Americans

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Stay out of south Chicago and it's a great city. Unlike NOLA where the bad areas are marbled throughout the city.

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The far Southside and the near Westside is where the great majority of the violence happens. The near Southside (South Loop, the area near Soldier Field, Chinatown, Bridgeport, basically all the neighborhoods down Lakeshore to Kenwood and Hyde Park) range from decent to very upscale. You have to get about five miles south of downtown to get into some real trouble and the worst of it is about ten miles south of downtown, and even then, there are some great areas in the far Southside as well (Beverly, Mount Greenwood, Morgan Park).

The near Westside is what has gotten so very bad in the last few years. Austin, Garfield Park, Lawndale, and West Humboldt Park - an incredible amount of violence concentrated into a pretty small area.