Earlier in the summer, somebody posted a really good map that showed Chicago’s murders by ward number.
Chicago is like a lot of big liberal cities where the ambience quickly changes (in literally few blocks) from elite enclave to third world degradation.
While visiting a friend there recently, I found that out the hard way trying to find Enrico Fermi’s house on foot (I went in the “wrong” direction on Woodlawn). That was a little scary even at 2:00 on a weekday afternoon.
Yep. Øbama lives just on the northern border (near Calypso Louie) if you cross 51st St. is a warzone. Hyde Park is buffered to the west by Washington Park, to the east by Lake Michigan and the south by the Midway Plaissance (60th St.)
When I lived there in the early 90’s it was a relatively safe place as I can only remeber 3 murders there in 3 years.
Hyde Park is dominated by uber-liberal white Jewish people and the eggheads at the UC.