You’re probably wrong about that.
The immediate area may not be high class, but there are affluent and very red neighborhoods nearby. Lake Highlands on the east, Highland Park and University Park to the southwest. Preston Hollow, the neighborhood where George W. and Laura Bush live, is just a couple of miles to the west.
The demographics listed for the area the other night made the Chicago slums sound like Manhattan in comparison.
I am not from the area, just going by the published reports.