My did grew up in a German/Polish area of Chicago. He once told me that I would never survive a walk through his old neighborhood. I'm sure he was exaggerating. /s
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I grew up on the south side (28th & Pulaski) form 1963 - 1975. When we left and headed toward the western suburbs the neighborhoods were becoming gang infested. My parents saved my life by getting me out of there when they did.
Up until 10 years ago, I would on occasion still do a drive by of the old neighborhood. There is no reason to do that any longer unless I want to be a statistic on hey-Jackass. Chicago is lost.