Back in the early 80's I had a buddy get shot and killed in Indy (we were living in Lafayette at the time) from this same scenario. Bumped his rear bumper, and when he got out to see what was going on, they shot him in the face.
What was it like?
Unless you're goin' all the way.
And never roll up to a red light even door to door. Always your front doors behind theirs.
It's been at least 10 plus years since we have gone to Chicago. Back in the day we would get together with a bunch of couples and head over to Greek town. Or go for some deep dish pizza. Not no more, not even the affluent areas. It's all been taken over by the **** heads.
Well said...and enough said!
I grew up on the SW side of the city in the 60's and 70's and it was about as ideal of a place as what was depicted on Leave it to Beaver. People not from Chicago or any other place know what they saw, not what they didn't.
I admit, I'm guilty of doing something that I know better than to do, which is characterize an entire city of millions with a broad brush. Of course, every major metropolitan area will have ghettos and gated communities, and everything in between. Just reacting to the "I rEmEmBeR aMeRiCa" nonsense, I suppose. There has always been crime. We just have instant media now.
Hyde Park is usually safe. Relatively. During the day. But it’s not really Chicago.
