Scott should be a ‘toonist who realizes that Chicago is safer than Miami and several other major cities. On “Neighborhood Scout”, Chicago in fact doesn’t even make the top 100 over 25,000 population as most subjecting you to violent crime!
Unfortunately those killings in Chicago have been slopping over into nicer areas and the expressways. We have seen attacks and killings on the Mag Mile and the CTA. A lot of collateral damage is happening. Gangs and guns are a major factor. I live near the city and every Sunday night we get the body count on the news. Recently there has been news stories about how the numbers have been cooked to make them look better. Chicago still has a higher rate than Los Angles and New York.
Gresch: note the words “violent crime”-not just homicide, and I’ve spent decades in the woods with “wild bears”, and never, ever, felt as threatened as on the streets of many U.S. cities. Try Compton, Ca. Philadelphia, or dozens of others. In Portland, OR for example on one trip there, in three days, there were a total of five shootings within blocks of where we were staying, and that wasn’t even a “bad” neighborhood!! Which only two of the shootings were fatals, and then throw in assaults, strong arm robberies, rape, and you really don’t have to worry about bears.
Dtroutma almost 10 years ago
Scott should be a ‘toonist who realizes that Chicago is safer than Miami and several other major cities. On “Neighborhood Scout”, Chicago in fact doesn’t even make the top 100 over 25,000 population as most subjecting you to violent crime!
Theodore E. Lind Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Unfortunately those killings in Chicago have been slopping over into nicer areas and the expressways. We have seen attacks and killings on the Mag Mile and the CTA. A lot of collateral damage is happening. Gangs and guns are a major factor. I live near the city and every Sunday night we get the body count on the news. Recently there has been news stories about how the numbers have been cooked to make them look better. Chicago still has a higher rate than Los Angles and New York.
Dtroutma almost 10 years ago
Gresch: note the words “violent crime”-not just homicide, and I’ve spent decades in the woods with “wild bears”, and never, ever, felt as threatened as on the streets of many U.S. cities. Try Compton, Ca. Philadelphia, or dozens of others. In Portland, OR for example on one trip there, in three days, there were a total of five shootings within blocks of where we were staying, and that wasn’t even a “bad” neighborhood!! Which only two of the shootings were fatals, and then throw in assaults, strong arm robberies, rape, and you really don’t have to worry about bears.