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0 pointssudden_dystopia4y ago0 comments

No person in their right mind would want to go wandering around the south side of Chicago. That is not a falsehood. It is more complex than politics, but the murderous hell hole part is at least partially true.

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long_time_gone4y ago· 3 in thread

> No person in their right mind would want to go wandering around the south side of Chicago.

Tell me you've never been on the Southside of Chicago without saying you've never been on the Southside of Chicago. Nobody ever walks around UofC campus, or to White Sox games, or the Museum of Science and Industry, or Beverly, or Mt. Greenwood, or Illinois Tech, or Chinatown, or Big Marsh, or Little Village, or Pilsen, or Promontory Point, or any of the many beaches, etc. Good point.

> That is not a falsehood.

Yes it is, you have no idea what you are talking about.

jjulius4y ago

Right? I mean, I've never even been to Chicago myself, but one glance at Wikipedia[0]...

>South Side neighborhoods such as Armour Square, Back of the Yards, Bridgeport, and Pullman host more blue collar and middle-class residents, while Hyde Park, the Jackson Park Highlands District, Kenwood, Beverly, Mount Greenwood, and west Morgan Park feature affluent and upper-middle class residents.

... and I can't help but be incredibly confused as to why those "affluent and upper-middle class residents" would choose to live in an area where they wouldn't "in their right mind ... want to go wandering around" in.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Side,_Chicago

giantg24y ago

No experience with Chicago here. I can say that the general sentiment that there are areas that you don't want to be in, especially after dark, is a valid one. Personal experiences validate this for areas like north Philly. But to your point, some areas within those general areas are not too bad, like Temple's campus.

long_time_gone4y ago

But the statement itself essentially proves the thesis of the report.

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cbsmith4y ago

The quibble is with the narrative that the south side of Chicago is a bad place to go wandering around because of the political party affiliated with the leaders of Chicago or Illinois would be. Similarly, the narrative that crime went up in 2020 because of local governance choices predominantly made by a political party is similarly flawed.

On the flip side, you can better understand why Republicans might be more perceptive about a significant increase in crime in 2020...

alexk3074y ago

Did you read the article? Or even my comment? Or you just wanted to add your opinion about a specific area to a discussion of facts about a whole country?

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