Posted on 08/27/2020 6:35:28 PM PDT by simpson96
They understand why protesters and rioters have poured onto the streets of downtown, and some acknowledge that crime is worse in other parts of Chicago. Some also agree with protesters that something systemic needs to be changed.
But they don’t want to wait it out here in the city, fearful of stepping outside at night and hoping for things to maybe get better.
They want out.
“Not to make it all about us; the whole world is suffering,” said Amber, a 30-year-old nurse who lives in River North. “This is a minute factor in all of that, and we totally realize that. We are very lucky to have what we do have.
“But I do think that I’ve never had to think about my own safety in this way before.”
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Amber, who requested her last name be withheld out of concern for her safety, said she and her husband are actively eyeing a home near the Indiana Dunes National Park, about 50 miles outside of Chicago. The millennial couple, both age 30, currently live in River North, where much of the summer looting has been centered.
“We’re just looking for more safety,” she said.
Amber’s husband also works as a nurse. The pair supports the Black Lives Matter movement and the uprising, Amber said, but living smack dab at the intersection of the downtown unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic has been incredibly difficult.
“I think people forget that people do live here, too — it’s not just the Guccis and the Jimmy Choo stores,” she said. “And I completely support it all. You stealing shoes means nothing to me — that doesn’t hurt me at all. It’s just the fact that that brings more crime, and that does endanger me.”
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Morons.
They are supporting the very thing they are fleeing from and probably taking their crappy politics with them.
“These city refugees are going to f#ck up the rest of the country”.
You’re exactly correct. They flee the shitholes they created and then proceed to vote for the same policies and politicians in their new town/city/state. Like Cancer, they Metasticize.
Basically, “...we love ‘those people’...but from a distance”.
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“Hate has no home here” signs.
Brains, either
Primary reason why I will do my utmost to avoid urban areas.
“...she and her husband are actively eyeing a home near the Indiana Dunes National Park, about 50 miles outside of Chicago....”
Be sure and vote democrat again wherever you go..effen losers.
“So heading to the burbs to spread their politics which led to this; effing locusts”
If only they could be dispersed, like, only ten city refugees per square mile.
Um, yes, their stealing shoes DOES hurt you and everyone else ultimately>
I sure hope you enjoy paying higher prices to make up for the loss by the theft you blow off as meaningless.
And no, they didn't forget that people live there, too. They don't care if real people live there and get hurt.
There’s an outside chance she is saying this to a reporter out of fear, or distrust of the media.
Otherwise, she’s a fool and deserves a good part of the blame for her circumstances.
“If they voted for it, they shouldn’t be allowed to leave“
Oddly enough, the proposed odious “exit taxes” (= real estate transfer ‘fees’ that the seller has to eat) may actually help here.
bump
Golly! Ya think?
“Amber’s husband also works as a nurse. The pair supports the Black Lives Matter movement and the uprising, Amber said, but living smack dab at the intersection of the downtown unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic has been incredibly difficult.“
Chicagoans are too damn stupid. They keep voting for FAIL. That is why I moved. My house closes in September. Bye bye Chicago and stupid idiots who continue to vote for FAIL!!!!!
Looters might not be happy though.
Limousine Liberals on steroids. Is there something in the water that causes such delusion and stupidly in Chicago? I think they may be more stupid than the libs in NYC.
SMH..hard to believe...isn't it!....
wish I was her neighbor...Id explain.....the fact you're ignorant doesn't affect me at all...its just the fact that you live next door...Now that...endangers me!...I suggest you move....SOON!
I was sincerely hoping that these folks would be somewhat red-pilled by now. Woe will fall upon the people in those places where they settle.
They support blm
Dont let them move
They are living in the results of blm
With people like these, Kim Foxx should coast to re-election this November.
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