Born in Chicago on the south side at 63rd and Cottage Grove Avenue. my dad used to take us kids down to Jackson Park in the summer to escape the heat of our apartment. We escaped in 1952 after the gangs started destroying that part of the city. It’s been an ever-expanding hellhole since then.
I have friends who live there, although they winter in Florida. Chicago is one place I’ve never been, nor felt the need to go. ;-)