Ohhhh Chicago, you've got it so wrong for so long!

[downtownv]

I'm gonna go out on a Limb and say Tibet!

[berettabone]

Friggen pithole......................................

[b4uqzme]

Oh, Chicago is OK if you are careful and stay in the safer parts of town (as is any city). But I have friends and family right here at home and there is no place I'd rather be. Maybe that's the old man in me shining through. Just sayin'.

[CPTKILLER]

Sad and useless.

[Bob T]

Oh, Chicago is OK if you are careful and stay in the safer parts of town (as is any city).

From my point of view, it is more than OK. It is a great place to see and do things. Fantastic music scene, which is the main reason the wife and I go there. The safer part of the city is most of it. The dangerous places are small and few. And you can carry there now, if you feel the need.

But I have friends and family right here at home and there is no place I'd rather be. Maybe that's the old man in me shining through. Just sayin'.

Yup...I hear that. I have friends and family right here at home too, but I only live about 20 miles out of Chicago, and some of those friends and family live there. Just sayin'

[b4uqzme]

From my point of view, it is more than OK. It is a great place to see and do things. Fantastic music scene, which is the main reason the wife and I go there. The safer part of the city is most of it. The dangerous places are small and few. And you can carry there now, if you feel the need.

Yup...I hear that. I have friends and family right here at home too, but I only live about 20 miles out of Chicago, and some of those friends and family live there. Just sayin'

Yup -- that's what freedom is all about. And Chicago is free to pass all the (what I think are stupid) laws that they want as long as the citizens really want them. And those of us who disagree are free to stay away. I went to a great Dave Mason concert in Kent, Ohio recently. Freedom is all about options. Unfortunately there is a great push to right now to eliminate options and make everyone conform.

[Bob T]

Yup -- that's what freedom is all about. And Chicago is free to pass all the (what I think are stupid) laws that they want as long as the citizens really want them. And those of us who disagree are free to stay away. I went to a great Dave Mason concert in Kent, Ohio recently. Freedom is all about options. Unfortunately there is a great push to right now to eliminate options and make everyone conform.

Yup...understood.

I just get frustrated by people, and usually people who have never been there, criticizing Chicago based on it's politics. The politics suck, this is true, but the people and the city itself are fantastic.

(Note: I am not putting you in the above category)

[b4uqzme]

And you are free to get frustrated but I recommend you don't. Life's too short!

What frustrates me is when people forget what freedom is all about (on both sides of politics). So I welcome the opportunity to jump up on my soapbox. I'll get down now and try to follow my own advice.

Thanks!

[Bob T]

Good advice! Thanks and have a great day!

[muggsy]

A friend of mine went up to chitown years ago, after his meeting he decided to go to the horse track on the south side.

Was at a traffic signal. Some townies decided that that they wanted to take him out. He took 2 rounds in the face and drove away while sitting on the floor. He survived.

I wouldn't go back to Chicago although I had lived there for years in the 50s and in the 70s. Nothing good comes frome there

They tried to hi-jack a trucker friend of mine in ChiTown. He was shot through the neck with a .25 auto. He rubbed the attacker off the side of his eighteen wheeler on a stanchion supporting the El. Squashed him like a bug.

[TheTman]

I was in Chicago many years ago, when I was in a drum and bugle corps, for a competition. We stayed at some American Legion or VFW hall, We were told not to go more than a block in a couple directions from the place, but a group of us decided to check it out, we got a few of the bigger guys to go with us, maybe about a dozen of us in all, most aged 16-20 and wandered off for a few blocks. What I remember is mostly beer joints and pool halls and pawn shops, and some very rough looking characters. We didn't stay long, but got a taste of the rougher side of town. Back before there were so many street gangs and such. We also visited some museums and things that were pretty impressive. And got to see a spectacular fireworks show. The place we stayed was pretty close to the bay or lake or river or whatever it was. The fireworks were shot off from an island, or pier, or boat or something. It was a fantastic show. The nicer parts were pretty cool, and the rougher side was no place I would want to be alone in. I never had a desire to go back. I remember something about the place we stayed being near Lake Shore Dr. and I heard "The Loop" mentioned quite a bit.

[yqtszhj]

Those gun shop restrictions sound racist to me. Keeps protection out of the hands that need it the most.

Ive been to Chicago quite a few times. Saw a few good museums and if you like entertainment I guess its ok. I perfer the open quiet places my self. The fewer the people the better but thats just me.

[rago]

It amazes me how a state can be so far out of tune with the rest of the country. And on another note the new page looks great

[Bob T]

It amazes me how a state can be so far out of tune with the rest of the country.

Well IL has CCW now, shall issue. No magazine restrictions, no assault weapon ban, pretty standard 24/72 hour waiting periods...
So I am not seeing how "out of tune" IL is compared to most. Seems kinda average.

[muggsy]

Chicago is a lot like Cleveland only larger. There's no place in Cleveland that I won't go with a gun. A lot of great people and a lot of scum. Situational awareness is a must.