How Serious Is The Crime In Chicago

[DCAllAfrican]

Originally Posted by SCuse7

DC wasn't anything like that....I was there all week.

My friend lives in Chicago and says it really %@%#%+ up.

But I am sure you weren't staying anywhere troublesome while in DC. Right? Where did you stay?

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Originally Posted by SCuse7

DC wasn't anything like that....I was there all week.

My friend lives in Chicago and says it really %@%#%+ up.

But I am sure you weren't staying anywhere troublesome while in DC. Right? Where did you stay?

 

[cameron nelson]

Originally Posted by 23soles

Originally Posted by dako akong otin

I was just in Chicago with my cousins last month... i thought it was nice 

   Walked around the city in the evening too.  Shedd Aquarium, Navy Pier, Soldier Field, and that park with the giant chrome jellybean, etc..

Yeah, that area is super nice! Unfortunately that's a false representation of most of Chicago. Where you were is right in the heart of downtown, the main tourist attraction area.
To actually live in that area costs a fortune so most people that live there are very well off. Therefore crime is SUPER low; almost nonexistent. 

Like some of the previous posters from Chicago have said, take a trip to the west side, or the south side... Then tell us how nice it is. 

I was born and raised on the south side of Chicago. I came up with nothing but gangs/crime all around me... I grew up not being able to get certain clothes/shoes because of their colors, taking my hat off or straightening it according to what block I'm on, running from shots and all that...I've seen robberies, shootings, beatings, etc. so much that I'm almost

completely desensitized. Everyday on the local news it's nothing but death and what's extra messed up is, most of it is done by teens/young people. It seems as if young adults have

absolutely no value for life, no worries of going to prison, and actually take pride in it. 

Just the other weekend 9 people got shot on 79th and western in broad daylight. More recently a kid got shot 22 times in front of his house, 22 times... by ONE gunman over nothing. 

Hell, I've had my house broken into 5 times in the last year, my garage 2 times,  3 cars vandalized, 2 bullets fly through my window (living room/bedroom) and I've witnessed 3 robberies on my block.

Luckily, I've never gotten caught up in any crime/gangs and have never done any drugs or anything... All through high school and college I've never even been in a fistfight but I'll tell you first hand that living a straight edge life (and not being a complete loner) is hard work.  

I could go on forever, but what I'm trying to get across is that the crime here is VERY SERIOUS and it seriously needs to stop. There's nothing cool about it. 

I love Chicago. The nice areas are super nice and unlike any other city but the bad areas are BAD and getting worse 

This is the most accurate statement in the entire thread....

 

[cameron nelson]

Originally Posted by 23soles

Originally Posted by dako akong otin

I was just in Chicago with my cousins last month... i thought it was nice 

   Walked around the city in the evening too.  Shedd Aquarium, Navy Pier, Soldier Field, and that park with the giant chrome jellybean, etc..

Yeah, that area is super nice! Unfortunately that's a false representation of most of Chicago. Where you were is right in the heart of downtown, the main tourist attraction area.
To actually live in that area costs a fortune so most people that live there are very well off. Therefore crime is SUPER low; almost nonexistent. 

Like some of the previous posters from Chicago have said, take a trip to the west side, or the south side... Then tell us how nice it is. 

I was born and raised on the south side of Chicago. I came up with nothing but gangs/crime all around me... I grew up not being able to get certain clothes/shoes because of their colors, taking my hat off or straightening it according to what block I'm on, running from shots and all that...I've seen robberies, shootings, beatings, etc. so much that I'm almost

completely desensitized. Everyday on the local news it's nothing but death and what's extra messed up is, most of it is done by teens/young people. It seems as if young adults have

absolutely no value for life, no worries of going to prison, and actually take pride in it. 

Just the other weekend 9 people got shot on 79th and western in broad daylight. More recently a kid got shot 22 times in front of his house, 22 times... by ONE gunman over nothing. 

Hell, I've had my house broken into 5 times in the last year, my garage 2 times,  3 cars vandalized, 2 bullets fly through my window (living room/bedroom) and I've witnessed 3 robberies on my block.

Luckily, I've never gotten caught up in any crime/gangs and have never done any drugs or anything... All through high school and college I've never even been in a fistfight but I'll tell you first hand that living a straight edge life (and not being a complete loner) is hard work.  

I could go on forever, but what I'm trying to get across is that the crime here is VERY SERIOUS and it seriously needs to stop. There's nothing cool about it. 

I love Chicago. The nice areas are super nice and unlike any other city but the bad areas are BAD and getting worse 

This is the most accurate statement in the entire thread....

 

[montellgriffin97]

the hood is safe if u from the hood, bad thing about chi town is that there is a million hoods within hoods, but all those shooting is those young dudes they got steriods in they cereal or something REAL TALK its still 79th n Morgan tho

 

[montellgriffin97]

the hood is safe if u from the hood, bad thing about chi town is that there is a million hoods within hoods, but all those shooting is those young dudes they got steriods in they cereal or something REAL TALK its still 79th n Morgan tho

 

[jimmybeanz]

Originally Posted by Royal Airness 29

Originally Posted by jimmybeanz

Originally Posted by Royal Airness 29

Originally Posted by Cameron Nelson

Originally Posted by Royal Airness 29

Depends on where you live and who you associate with.

If you are not "bout that life," than there are no worries.

Also you dont want to start stuff with people you don't know, cause you never know who that somebody is. Just keep it moving.

You must not live there, or even visited before...

You couldn't be more wrong. I've lived in Chicago all my life.

Im pretty sure I know what Im talking about.

so the 2 year old that was shot and killed back in april was bout that life?
http://www.chicagobreakin...south-side-shooting.html

why do politicians want to bring in the national guard to patrol the streets?
http://abcnews.go.com/US/...-crime/story?id=10478710

what about the police officer killed outside his home because some dudes tried to steal his motorcycle?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/C....police.fatal/index.html

253 homicides as of 7/29/10
http://spreadsheets.googl...Repn5-2w&output=html

what about the 2 women that were beaten unconscious after leaving a bucktown bar?
http://www.myfoxchicago.c...t-and-robbed-in-bucktown

chicago is a tough city regardless of whether you're in a gang or not. 

take your a-- to sleep

Dude telling me go to sleep. Are you even from Chicago?

On the other note, people who get killed accidently like kids, people walking by, or what have you, that obviously has everything to do with being at the wrong place at the wrong time. That has nothing to do with whether those little kids, moms, dads or whatever were involved in some sort of gang. So you need to chill with your hurting $$@ stats that you decided to google for bout 15 min to make yourself look like you know things. 

I wont deny that Chicago has a high murder rate, but MOST of those are from gang violence and something along that nature.

Nobody just %%%%**+ walks outside, sees a mom with kids and shoots them. Yall make it seem as if nobody is safe out here.

Like I said, if you are not affiliated with gangs or hang with thugs, you have nothing to worry about.

This dude Jimmy talking like he knows. Come on man, from the sound of things, you prob. aint from Chicago.

I been walked up to bunch of times by thugs asking if i bang, if you say no, dudes just keep it moving.

Now......take you're $$@ to sleep.

i'm not from Chicago, which i stated on the first page of the thread. i do live in Chicago. i did google all that stuff.  but i knew about it from reading the local papers (Redeye, Tribune, Chicago Reader, etc).  regardless of whether i googled it or not, it's relevant.  how many other cities are asking for the national guard to patrol the streets?

last i checked, being accidentally killed from a walk-by/drive by still makes a person a victim of a crime.  DC's question was about crime in general in this city; he didn't ask how bad are the gang-related crimes. 

i'll fall back from my position of telling you to go to sleep, cause it was a little disrespectful.

  but if you're trying to act like crime isn't bad here, when other ppl in this thread who are from Chicago say otherwise, statistics say otherwise, recent surveys say otherwise, newspaper reports say otherwise, and Head Crook Mayor Daley is arguing that gun control is necessary because of the crime environment, i can't really say anything to you, cause you're living in a different reality. 

 

[jimmybeanz]

Originally Posted by Royal Airness 29

Originally Posted by jimmybeanz

Originally Posted by Royal Airness 29

Originally Posted by Cameron Nelson

Originally Posted by Royal Airness 29

Depends on where you live and who you associate with.

If you are not "bout that life," than there are no worries.

Also you dont want to start stuff with people you don't know, cause you never know who that somebody is. Just keep it moving.

You must not live there, or even visited before...

You couldn't be more wrong. I've lived in Chicago all my life.

Im pretty sure I know what Im talking about.

so the 2 year old that was shot and killed back in april was bout that life?
http://www.chicagobreakin...south-side-shooting.html

why do politicians want to bring in the national guard to patrol the streets?
http://abcnews.go.com/US/...-crime/story?id=10478710

what about the police officer killed outside his home because some dudes tried to steal his motorcycle?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/C....police.fatal/index.html

253 homicides as of 7/29/10
http://spreadsheets.googl...Repn5-2w&output=html

what about the 2 women that were beaten unconscious after leaving a bucktown bar?
http://www.myfoxchicago.c...t-and-robbed-in-bucktown

chicago is a tough city regardless of whether you're in a gang or not. 

take your a-- to sleep

Dude telling me go to sleep. Are you even from Chicago?

On the other note, people who get killed accidently like kids, people walking by, or what have you, that obviously has everything to do with being at the wrong place at the wrong time. That has nothing to do with whether those little kids, moms, dads or whatever were involved in some sort of gang. So you need to chill with your hurting $$@ stats that you decided to google for bout 15 min to make yourself look like you know things. 

I wont deny that Chicago has a high murder rate, but MOST of those are from gang violence and something along that nature.

Nobody just %%%%**+ walks outside, sees a mom with kids and shoots them. Yall make it seem as if nobody is safe out here.

Like I said, if you are not affiliated with gangs or hang with thugs, you have nothing to worry about.

This dude Jimmy talking like he knows. Come on man, from the sound of things, you prob. aint from Chicago.

I been walked up to bunch of times by thugs asking if i bang, if you say no, dudes just keep it moving.

Now......take you're $$@ to sleep.

i'm not from Chicago, which i stated on the first page of the thread. i do live in Chicago. i did google all that stuff.  but i knew about it from reading the local papers (Redeye, Tribune, Chicago Reader, etc).  regardless of whether i googled it or not, it's relevant.  how many other cities are asking for the national guard to patrol the streets?

last i checked, being accidentally killed from a walk-by/drive by still makes a person a victim of a crime.  DC's question was about crime in general in this city; he didn't ask how bad are the gang-related crimes. 

i'll fall back from my position of telling you to go to sleep, cause it was a little disrespectful.

  but if you're trying to act like crime isn't bad here, when other ppl in this thread who are from Chicago say otherwise, statistics say otherwise, recent surveys say otherwise, newspaper reports say otherwise, and Head Crook Mayor Daley is arguing that gun control is necessary because of the crime environment, i can't really say anything to you, cause you're living in a different reality. 

 

[popcornplaya]

Originally Posted by Royal Airness 29

Originally Posted by jimmybeanz

Originally Posted by Royal Airness 29

Originally Posted by Cameron Nelson

Originally Posted by Royal Airness 29

Depends on where you live and who you associate with.

If you are not "bout that life," than there are no worries.

Also you dont want to start stuff with people you don't know, cause you never know who that somebody is. Just keep it moving.

You must not live there, or even visited before...

You couldn't be more wrong. I've lived in Chicago all my life.

Im pretty sure I know what Im talking about.

so the 2 year old that was shot and killed back in april was bout that life?
http://www.chicagobreakin...south-side-shooting.html

why do politicians want to bring in the national guard to patrol the streets?
http://abcnews.go.com/US/...-crime/story?id=10478710

what about the police officer killed outside his home because some dudes tried to steal his motorcycle?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/C....police.fatal/index.html

253 homicides as of 7/29/10
http://spreadsheets.googl...Repn5-2w&output=html

what about the 2 women that were beaten unconscious after leaving a bucktown bar?
http://www.myfoxchicago.c...t-and-robbed-in-bucktown

chicago is a tough city regardless of whether you're in a gang or not. 

take your a-- to sleep

Dude telling me go to sleep. Are you even from Chicago?

On the other note, people who get killed accidently like kids, people walking by, or what have you, that obviously has everything to do with being at the wrong place at the wrong time. That has nothing to do with whether those little kids, moms, dads or whatever were involved in some sort of gang. So you need to chill with your hurting $$@ stats that you decided to google for bout 15 min to make yourself look like you know things. 

I wont deny that Chicago has a high murder rate, but MOST of those are from gang violence and something along that nature.

Nobody just %%%%**+ walks outside, sees a mom with kids and shoots them. Yall make it seem as if nobody is safe out here.

Like I said, if you are not affiliated with gangs or hang with thugs, you have nothing to worry about.

This dude Jimmy talking like he knows. Come on man, from the sound of things, you prob. aint from Chicago.

I been walked up to bunch of times by thugs asking if i bang, if you say no, dudes just keep it moving.

Now......take you're $$@ to sleep.

You're also forgetting the people who are friends/family of those in gangs. You say as long as you aren't involved, you're safe. That's wrong, even here in mpls. Dudes who have never seen you with your fam/friend will come after you if they can't find who they're looking for. Someone slips up and says "Yo, so and so is X's homie. He's gonna give us the money X owes, or he's gonna be laying in a casket next to him."

And innocent people get shot/beat all the time, fam. Granted, people getting jumped are usually flossing in the wrong part of town with no respect, but still. You remember last initiation, right? I'm not even from the Chi, but I heard about that.

I'm not saying that you're wrong or anything, because I recognize that you're from there, but don't act like it's only on accident that people who aren't in gangs get popped.

Originally Posted by BOTTOM74BOTTOM

Originally Posted by hod


[h1]never been but[/h1][h1]25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods- 4 are in chicago[/h1]
http://www.walletpop.com/insurance/most-dangerous-neighborhoods
at least yall dont got to report crimes on the internet

List is wrong

.  They forgot Glenn Park, Gary IN

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Son, we talking about bad parts of towns.

ALL of Gary is bad, fam.

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Btw, you know the Anderson and/or Macintosh families?

 

[popcornplaya]

Originally Posted by Royal Airness 29

Originally Posted by jimmybeanz

Originally Posted by Royal Airness 29

Originally Posted by Cameron Nelson

Originally Posted by Royal Airness 29

Depends on where you live and who you associate with.

If you are not "bout that life," than there are no worries.

Also you dont want to start stuff with people you don't know, cause you never know who that somebody is. Just keep it moving.

You must not live there, or even visited before...

You couldn't be more wrong. I've lived in Chicago all my life.

Im pretty sure I know what Im talking about.

so the 2 year old that was shot and killed back in april was bout that life?
http://www.chicagobreakin...south-side-shooting.html

why do politicians want to bring in the national guard to patrol the streets?
http://abcnews.go.com/US/...-crime/story?id=10478710

what about the police officer killed outside his home because some dudes tried to steal his motorcycle?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/C....police.fatal/index.html

253 homicides as of 7/29/10
http://spreadsheets.googl...Repn5-2w&output=html

what about the 2 women that were beaten unconscious after leaving a bucktown bar?
http://www.myfoxchicago.c...t-and-robbed-in-bucktown

chicago is a tough city regardless of whether you're in a gang or not. 

take your a-- to sleep

Dude telling me go to sleep. Are you even from Chicago?

On the other note, people who get killed accidently like kids, people walking by, or what have you, that obviously has everything to do with being at the wrong place at the wrong time. That has nothing to do with whether those little kids, moms, dads or whatever were involved in some sort of gang. So you need to chill with your hurting $$@ stats that you decided to google for bout 15 min to make yourself look like you know things. 

I wont deny that Chicago has a high murder rate, but MOST of those are from gang violence and something along that nature.

Nobody just %%%%**+ walks outside, sees a mom with kids and shoots them. Yall make it seem as if nobody is safe out here.

Like I said, if you are not affiliated with gangs or hang with thugs, you have nothing to worry about.

This dude Jimmy talking like he knows. Come on man, from the sound of things, you prob. aint from Chicago.

I been walked up to bunch of times by thugs asking if i bang, if you say no, dudes just keep it moving.

Now......take you're $$@ to sleep.

You're also forgetting the people who are friends/family of those in gangs. You say as long as you aren't involved, you're safe. That's wrong, even here in mpls. Dudes who have never seen you with your fam/friend will come after you if they can't find who they're looking for. Someone slips up and says "Yo, so and so is X's homie. He's gonna give us the money X owes, or he's gonna be laying in a casket next to him."

And innocent people get shot/beat all the time, fam. Granted, people getting jumped are usually flossing in the wrong part of town with no respect, but still. You remember last initiation, right? I'm not even from the Chi, but I heard about that.

I'm not saying that you're wrong or anything, because I recognize that you're from there, but don't act like it's only on accident that people who aren't in gangs get popped.

Originally Posted by BOTTOM74BOTTOM

Originally Posted by hod


[h1]never been but[/h1][h1]25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods- 4 are in chicago[/h1]
http://www.walletpop.com/insurance/most-dangerous-neighborhoods
at least yall dont got to report crimes on the internet

List is wrong

.  They forgot Glenn Park, Gary IN

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Son, we talking about bad parts of towns.

ALL of Gary is bad, fam.

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Btw, you know the Anderson and/or Macintosh families?

 

[the yes guy]

I've never been so happy to live in San Diego before.

 

[the yes guy]

I've never been so happy to live in San Diego before.

 

[bottom74bottom]

Originally Posted by popcornplaya

BOTTOM74BOTTOM wrote:

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List is wrong

.  They forgot Glenn Park, Gary IN

Spoiler

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Son, we talking about bad parts of towns.

ALL of Gary is bad, fam.

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Btw, you know the Anderson and/or Macintosh families?

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you right.. ALL BAD... and yeah, I know a few 'toshes.. if you talking bout Ivoe and nem from the Valley. Who's to say about the Andersons.. I don't know  none of them... or I know a lot of them.. ain't no telling

 

[bottom74bottom]

Originally Posted by popcornplaya

BOTTOM74BOTTOM wrote:

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List is wrong

.  They forgot Glenn Park, Gary IN

Spoiler

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Son, we talking about bad parts of towns.

ALL of Gary is bad, fam.

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Btw, you know the Anderson and/or Macintosh families?

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you right.. ALL BAD... and yeah, I know a few 'toshes.. if you talking bout Ivoe and nem from the Valley. Who's to say about the Andersons.. I don't know  none of them... or I know a lot of them.. ain't no telling

 

[peteweezy]

If you are not "bout that life," than there are no worries.

I agree and I think this goes for most big cities also.  Of course every now and then innocent people going to get hit but I do agree with dudes statement.

 

[savraj1]

Originally Posted by Cicero Avenue Dopeman

its ingrained in us, Chicago has a history of crime and violence dating back to the days of Capone

It's nothing to be proud of. That's an egregious quality that I wouldn't want my city to be so heavily associated with. Besides, Capone was a fool. I hate people who sell drugs, and Capone is no exception.

 

[peteweezy]

If you are not "bout that life," than there are no worries.

I agree and I think this goes for most big cities also.  Of course every now and then innocent people going to get hit but I do agree with dudes statement.

 

[savraj1]

Originally Posted by Cicero Avenue Dopeman

its ingrained in us, Chicago has a history of crime and violence dating back to the days of Capone

It's nothing to be proud of. That's an egregious quality that I wouldn't want my city to be so heavily associated with. Besides, Capone was a fool. I hate people who sell drugs, and Capone is no exception.

 

[savraj1]

Originally Posted by The Yes Guy

I've never been so happy to live in San Diego before.

SD definitely has the weather and crime advantage over Chicago, but Chitown seems like a more exciting place. I'd love to retire in SD tho

 

[savraj1]

Originally Posted by The Yes Guy

I've never been so happy to live in San Diego before.

SD definitely has the weather and crime advantage over Chicago, but Chitown seems like a more exciting place. I'd love to retire in SD tho

 

[Figured it out]

Originally Posted by Peteweezy

If you are not "bout that life," than there are no worries.

I agree and I think this goes for most big cities also.  Of course every now and then innocent people going to get hit but I do agree with dudes statement.



Yea this is only true to a certain extent though i live in Cleveland heights, Ohio (a decent suburb) and its been a time when i went to a shoe store on 55th (right over from cedar and 55th) and dudes said a few things. Basically i think for the most part if u look like u don't belong rather it be your clothes or the color of yo skin u will stick out and somebody will try u and that's for any hood

 

[Figured it out]

Originally Posted by Peteweezy

If you are not "bout that life," than there are no worries.

I agree and I think this goes for most big cities also.  Of course every now and then innocent people going to get hit but I do agree with dudes statement.



Yea this is only true to a certain extent though i live in Cleveland heights, Ohio (a decent suburb) and its been a time when i went to a shoe store on 55th (right over from cedar and 55th) and dudes said a few things. Basically i think for the most part if u look like u don't belong rather it be your clothes or the color of yo skin u will stick out and somebody will try u and that's for any hood

 

[ruxxx]

Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican

Originally Posted by SCuse7

DC wasn't anything like that....I was there all week.

My friend lives in Chicago and says it really %@%#%+ up.

But I am sure you weren't staying anywhere troublesome while in DC. Right? Where did you stay?

 

[ruxxx]

Originally Posted by DCAllAmerican

Originally Posted by SCuse7

DC wasn't anything like that....I was there all week.

My friend lives in Chicago and says it really %@%#%+ up.

But I am sure you weren't staying anywhere troublesome while in DC. Right? Where did you stay?

 

[popcornplaya]

Originally Posted by BOTTOM74BOTTOM

Originally Posted by popcornplaya

BOTTOM74BOTTOM wrote:

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List is wrong

.  They forgot Glenn Park, Gary IN

Spoiler

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Son, we talking about bad parts of towns.

ALL of Gary is bad, fam.

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Btw, you know the Anderson and/or Macintosh families?

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you right.. ALL BAD... and yeah, I know a few 'toshes.. if you talking bout Ivoe and nem from the Valley. Who's to say about the Andersons.. I don't know  none of them... or I know a lot of them.. ain't no telling

First time I visited, I would have sworn it was the setting of a zombie movie. As soon as we got off the highway there was an old abandoned car shop with graffiti ALL over it, burned down houses, etc.

Gary is like a Preview of whats to come with Detroit.

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Yeah, I think that's where my aunt's family be at now. Idk for sure though.

The Andersons are from my dads side. Your dad/mom would have probably known them instead of you. They used to run around the city doing stupid @*@%. Back when you had to have a fist fight with a ninja before yall could be friends. 

Jo, Vern, Shawn, Dennis, and Frank, incase you wanted to ask. From what I'm told, between all of them they new pretty much everyone who went to HS in Gary.