@bobsal u1553115,
bobsal u1553115 wrote:
I lived in Chicago for years
That says nothing. You're not a native and you're not a SOUTH-SIDER as am I. I lived on the SOUTH SIDE from age 2 years and attended grade school, high school, and 4 years of undergraduate school in a mjor University and 5 years of graduate school, also in a major University .I left Chicago as a very mature, street-wise adult.
I witnessed criminal activity at all stages of my lifein Chicago, and I was physically attacked on numerous times, as were members of my family... and for what's it's worth, there is NO SAFE place on the SOUTH SIDE of Chicago. The only way to be at least half-way safe, is to be legally armed and married to a Chicago Policeman.
Chicago cops are the greatest...this I know for a fact.