Throwaway_7451 t1_iy3x4r7 wrote
Reply to comment by spaghettiputs in TIL that when it's really cold, Chicago sets its railroad tracks on fire to ensure that trains will be able to run properly and get to their destinations on time by leebruce2
It's the same with crime in Chicago. It's become a dog whistle and only scares people away from the city and hurts tourism.
In reality, the worst of the crime is limited to a relatively small residential area that visitors would never travel to in the first place. Take that out of the equation and as far as the majority of the people in the city are concerned, Chicago is actually one of the safest large cities in the country.
laura34533 t1_iy5heo9 wrote
Used to be. Now u see crime downtown and the affluent suburbs. Not as bad as Englewood, but still bad
gramathy t1_iy6tiyj wrote
Also it’s misrepresented by using absolut numbers and not per capita
Caliterra t1_iy5tomx wrote
Isn't that every City though. Cut out the most crime ridden part of any big city and the overall crime rate would plummet
chocki305 t1_iy439u5 wrote
>It's become a dog whistle
I'm going to bet you don't live in Chicago.
awildhorsepenis t1_iy4s4ea wrote
unless you moved there in the last 9 years, i’m going to bet you don’t live in Chicago.
chocki305 t1_iy4u1ku wrote
Born and rasied.
awildhorsepenis t1_iy4u5vs wrote
all i remember are cow statues
Yancy_Farnesworth t1_iy4v47b wrote
I'm going to bet you don't live in Chicago. Or ever even looked at a crime map of Chicago.
chocki305 t1_iy4wplc wrote
I bet you don't look at replys before commenting.
Born and raised Chi town. To claim it isnt run by corruption, is laughable.
We currently have an alderman who is under indictment, and is still running for reelection. We re elected a convicted alderman for fucks sake.
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