It has been over 25 years since I was in Chicago (on business trip). I would not even think about going there now.
That long ago, downtown Chicago, by the lake, was fairly safe in daytime. At night? It was a absolute No Go.
The vermin rule the night. Some of them die most nights.
Agreed. Growing up in Southern Indiana in the “shadow of Chicago” I heard all my early life to stay out of Chicago, especially at night. This was back in the late 60’s early 70’s.
I visited Chicago once in the mid-seventies when I was a teenager. Went to Wrigley Field. A scary dump. I drove by an open air heroin market 2 blocks from the stadium. I couldn’t get out of there fast enough. That one trip to Chicago was enough for me.