[crusty old prospector]

There are no places of urban squalor on my visit list.

[wetgundog]

Wife and I used to get a upscale hotel in the Loop for the weekend and shopped along the Magnificent Mile and dine at really nice restaurants. No more. The powers to be RUINED downtown Shitcago.

[SamAdams76]

I had some nice trips to Chicago back in the day.

They had a Second City theater, that featured some actors that went on to SNL.

I remember going out to Navy Pier and riding on that 12 story Ferris wheel.

[Lurker]

We no longer go to Chicago at all. I’m tired of having to arm myself to the teeth and constantly rotate my head just to have a meal or see a show.

Used to be a great city. Damned shame what the Democrat Party has done to it.

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[Rummyfan]

It’s not just Chicago...

And yes, it has been a machine town for decades and decades. But the Daley machine while corrupt still delivered on services and kept the city running. Lightfoot and the current mayor and their ilk are utter incompetents and ideologues.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Why can't these writers make the connection?

We have a huge black underclass crime and single motherhood problem.

IT'S THE THUGS.

Start locking them up and get rid of the stupid EITC that allows Shaniqua to have 6 kids by 4 different baby daddies so she can get a tax credit even though she's not working and also getting SNAP, SSI Disability for her "slow" kids, and WIC benefits.

[Mark]

High crime and not enough Social Workers to respond.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

I can walk two blocks north from my home to the Lake Michigan shore and see the Chicago skyline. That’s as close as I have been to Chicago for 4-5 years. A couple of trips to Midway don’t count. I don’t know that I have missed anything except for potential trouble.

[Seruzawa]

My daughter was living in Shytcago for a few years. She moved to Ft Collins, CO a couple of years ago at which time my wife and I gave a big sigh of relief. Shytcago may be the worst city in the USA

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

John, thanks! My employer, a financial services company, moved me out of Chicago in 1984 and that was a good move.

I was in a river ward. Alderman Kelly was my alderman. I also remember the name of my precinct committeeman and made certain to say hello and shake his hand when I went to vote. Never hurt when you have a problem with a pile of dirt in front of the apartment or need a 50 gallon trash can painted green!

I have no relatives in the City and have no intention of even visiting.