I am in real estate and have traveled all around Chicago for 19 years. Most visitors will probably stay downtown or in one of the residential neighborhoods adjacent to downtown. All these areas are very nice. Downtown Chicago has many residential towers full of young people. There is this vibrancy in the area that is attractive. Your daughter probably was affected by the ambiance and all the tall buildings. It is relatively safe in these areas too. All the gangland nonsense is typically found in the poor ghetto neighborhoods. The ones full of single mother homes and all the associated problems that go with that. Those areas look completely different and devoid of hope. Chicago’s slogan is that it is a City of Neighborhoods. It’s largely true from my personal experience.