It is hard to believe the Moody Bible Institute (B.A.) and Wheaton College (M.A.) are both in Illinois. If only they’d have some effect.
As you probably know, Wheaton is a far Western lilly-white suburban community; Moody is in downtown Chicago just north of the Loop. When I attended the neighborhood was sketchy: there were some directions where one NEVER walked, day or night (the infamous Cabrini Green housing development, now razed, was just to the West of Moody). I understand the area around Moody has become quite upscale as the downtown area gradually has become revitalized.
I think Moody may have some positive effect: Moody radio is a major Chicago station, and as far as I know Moody students are still required to fulfill Christian service requirements, which include exposure to "rescue missions" serving the down & out.
Many years later I returned for a TV interview at a station located across the river just west of the Loop. I decided not to park in the secure lot behind a locked gate, but decided to park on the street. I got in OK but afterwards as I attempted to exit my parking space I was accosted by a streetwalker who latched onto my door handle and refused to let go. I caught the attention of a group of menacing young men, who started down the block towards me. I suddenly remembered seeing similar groups of pipe-carrying thugs roaming the streets and clubbing drunks for their weekly welfare allowance, and managed to disengage my car from the woman and flee the area.
Don't get me wrong: Chicago has some very nice areas - mostly north along Lake Michigan. However, there are vast areas of the city which are bleak and dangerous: I have vague memories of wide, depressing boulevards dissecting the city lined with shuttered storefronts and decaying businesses and factories.