Sweet home Chicago

[Mike L]

On 6/27/2022 at 3:35 PM, gimruis said:

My mother in law cuts her pizza into squares too.  I can't stand it.  There's nothing to grab but gooey greasy cheese on the pieces that aren't on the edge.  With triangles there is always some crust to grab on the end.

 

The middle squares are the best part!

You can lick your fingers for a 1/2 hr and still taste it!  ?

 

 

 

 

Mike

[Allen Der]

On 6/27/2022 at 2:35 PM, gimruis said:

My mother in law cuts her pizza into squares too.  I can't stand it.  There's nothing to grab but gooey greasy cheese on the pieces that aren't on the edge.  With triangles there is always some crust to grab on the end.

pro tip:  you only eat the edge pieces when it's hot.  save the middles for leftover cold pizza

[Swamp Girl]

I'm persuaded by numbers. These are the cities with the highest per capita gun deaths:

• Jackson, Mississippi -- 69 gun homicides per 100,000 people.
• Gary, Indiana -- 64.
• St. Louis -- 50.
• New Orleans -- 48.
• Memphis, Tennessee -- 47

And these are the states with the highest per capita gun deaths:

• Mississippi -- 28.6.
• Louisiana -- 26.3.
• Wyoming -- 25.9.
• Missouri -- 23.9.
• Alabama -- 23.6.
• Alaska -- 23.5.

Everything is else is apocryphal narrative. 

[gim]

3 hours ago, ol'crickety said:

Gary, Indiana

I think Gary, IN is essentially eastern Chicago.  Maybe @slonezp can verify that, I know he is more familiar with Illinois.

[Mike L]

Dem dare are fighting words on da sout side!!

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Mike

[slonezp]

Gary, at one time, was a thriving blue collar community full of steel mills. Now it's just another victim of NAFTA. 

[Swamp Girl]

18 hours ago, gimruis said:

I think Gary, IN is essentially eastern Chicago.  Maybe @slonezp can verify that, I know he is more familiar with Illinois.

So, if a city is de facto swallowed because businesses and houses abut, then Boston is northern NYC. Hey, Sox Nation, how 'bout them Yankees?

[NavyToad]

50 minutes ago, ol'crickety said:

 Hey, Sox Nation, how 'bout them Yankees?

Can you say fading fast?

 

[TnRiver46]

On 8/13/2022 at 3:50 PM, ol'crickety said:

I'm persuaded by numbers. These are the cities with the highest per capita gun deaths:

• Jackson, Mississippi -- 69 gun homicides per 100,000 people.
• Gary, Indiana -- 64.
• St. Louis -- 50.
• New Orleans -- 48.
• Memphis, Tennessee -- 47

And these are the states with the highest per capita gun deaths:

• Mississippi -- 28.6.
• Louisiana -- 26.3.
• Wyoming -- 25.9.
• Missouri -- 23.9.
• Alabama -- 23.6.
• Alaska -- 23.5.

Everything is else is apocryphal narrative. 

My home city of Knoxville has been at the top of such lists recently, I think I posted a link somewhere earlier in this thread. Seems like a shooting or two every single night 

[Drawdown]

On 7/4/2022 at 10:28 AM, softwateronly said:

 

There's a definite uptick in haute cuisine here, but you're already around some of the best in the world.  What Chgo does is give room for experimentation and innovation by younger chefs out in the neighborhoods because the cost of living is so absurdly cheap compared to other large US cities and there's a culture to support/fund them and their restaurants.  So when you're back out this way, look in this direction for something new.

 

scott

A couple years ago I was in the city for a conference—I got to try a fantastic Korean burger fusion joint in Boys’ Town. Meat like bulgogi, but with that excellent Asian mushroom umami sauce on it. Killer fries in duck fat I think, too.

Then just 2 doors down, best cinnamon rolls I’ve ever had, at Ann Sather’s, a longtime restaurant that used to be owned by a Swedish family.

The chicken pot pie in the Walnut Room in what is now the premier Macy’s in/near the Loop may just be the best I’ve ever had, too.

[PressuredFishing]

I have no idea in hell why people would want to live in Chicago, LA, or SF. I don't go do anything in downtown LA or sandiego or Sanfransico because I cannot go a street corner without seeing someone stooped out on drugs, needles on the street, human feces, or a a row of tents. I felt safer in Mexico at night than those cities anytime of the day

[slonezp]

On 8/13/2022 at 2:50 PM, ol'crickety said:

I'm persuaded by numbers. These are the cities with the highest per capita gun deaths:

• Jackson, Mississippi -- 69 gun homicides per 100,000 people.
• Gary, Indiana -- 64.
• St. Louis -- 50.
• New Orleans -- 48.
• Memphis, Tennessee -- 47

And these are the states with the highest per capita gun deaths:

• Mississippi -- 28.6.
• Louisiana -- 26.3.
• Wyoming -- 25.9.
• Missouri -- 23.9.
• Alabama -- 23.6.
• Alaska -- 23.5.

Everything is else is apocryphal narrative. 

Great thing about statistics is we can make them show what we want them to show. 

 

Chicago alone has more than double the population of all the cities you mentioned, combined. If you were to narrow down the statistics to particular neighborhoods, you would see a huge difference in the per capita numbers. 

 

Take the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. That neighborhood annually experiences 36 violent crimes per 1000 residents. There were 60 homicides in 2021 in a neighborhood of 24,000 which is equivalent to 240 homicides per 100,000 residents.

 

The average lifespan of a male in Chicago can vary up to 30 years depending on what neighborhood that male lives in.

[Choporoz]

15 minutes ago, slonezp said:

Great thing about statistics is we can make them show what we want them to show. 

 

Chicago alone has more than double the population of all the cities you mentioned, combined. If you were to narrow down the statistics to particular neighborhoods, you would see a huge difference in the per capita numbers. 

 

Take the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. That neighborhood annually experiences 36 violent crimes per 1000 residents. There were 60 homicides in 2021 in a neighborhood of 24,000 which is equivalent to 240 homicides per 100,000 residents.

 

The average lifespan of a male in Chicago can vary up to 30 years depending on what neighborhood that male lives in.

Great post.  I haven't verified it, but a crime statistics article I saw said, "In 2016, five police districts overseeing only 8 percent of Chicago’s population recorded around 32 percent of its murders."  That's a lot to consider. 

 

On 8/13/2022 at 3:50 PM, ol'crickety said:

I'm persuaded by numbers. These are the cities with the highest per capita gun deaths:

• Jackson, Mississippi -- 69 gun homicides per 100,000 people.
• Gary, Indiana -- 64.
• St. Louis -- 50.
• New Orleans -- 48.
• Memphis, Tennessee -- 47

And these are the states with the highest per capita gun deaths:

• Mississippi -- 28.6.
• Louisiana -- 26.3.
• Wyoming -- 25.9.
• Missouri -- 23.9.
• Alabama -- 23.6.
• Alaska -- 23.5.

Everything is else is apocryphal narrative. 

The city data says homicides.   The state numbers do not.  Do those state numbers include suicides and accidents?  If so, fine.  But best not to make a soapbox out of questionable materials. 

[slonezp]

7 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

Great post.  I haven't verified it, but a crime statistics article I saw said, "In 2016, five police districts overseeing only 8 percent of Chicago’s population recorded around 32 percent of its murders."  That's a lot to consider. 

 

The city data says homicides.   The state numbers do not.  Do those state numbers include suicides and accidents?  If so, fine.  But best not to make a soapbox out of questionable materials. 

Chicago crime statistics updated daily 

https://heyjackass.com/home/

[slonezp]

1 hour ago, Drawdown said:

A couple years ago I was in the city for a conference—I got to try a fantastic Korean burger fusion joint in Boys’ Town. Meat like bulgogi, but with that excellent Asian mushroom umami sauce on it. Killer fries in duck fat I think, too.

Then just 2 doors down, best cinnamon rolls I’ve ever had, at Ann Sather’s, a longtime restaurant that used to be owned by a Swedish family.

The chicken pot pie in the Walnut Room in what is now the premier Macy’s in/near the Loop may just be the best I’ve ever had, too.

There's a small restaurant that shares the property where my warehouse is located in the River West neighborhood that serves duck fat fries. Some of the best tasting fries I've ever had. 

 

[TnRiver46]

Love duck confit fries, they have them at the best burger spot in Knoxville, stock and barrel 

[Mike L]

Haters gonna hate, There’s no changing it. 

 

Yes, people die in the City of Chicago every day. 
They did when I was growing up in Englewood (69th Street) in the 50’s and 60’s and they always will. 
 

Is it a good place to live and raise a family? Overall, all things considered…Absolutely!

But it can also be the same answer you can give for any big city…depends where you go. 

To compare and make an overall judgement of one city in this country to another by only looking at how many people die there, in my opinion is wrong. 

There are more decent, hard working, loving families that have lived there for generations than not. 
 

But as always, opinions vary. 
 

Go Bears!!

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

 

[gim]

11 minutes ago, Mike L said:

Is it a good place to live and raise a family? Overall, all things considered…Absolutely!

 

Haha.  Funny thing is my brother just had his first child there (Lincoln Park) about 2 weeks ago.  I literally told him that I couldn't think of a worse place to raise a family LOL

 

I haven't heard a peep from him since either.  I'm sure he's very much behind on sleep and regretting the life decision he's just made...

[slonezp]

10 minutes ago, Mike L said:

Haters gonna hate, There’s no changing it. 

 

Yes, people die in the City of Chicago every day. 
They did when I was growing up in Englewood (69th Street) in the 50’s and 60’s and they always will. 
 

Is it a good place to live and raise a family? Overall, all things considered…Absolutely!

But it can also be the same answer you can give for any big city…depends where you go. 

To compare and make an overall judgement of one city in this country to another by only looking at how many people die there, in my opinion is wrong. 

There are more decent, hard working, loving families that have lived there for generations than not. 
 

But as always, opinions vary. 
 

Go Bears!!

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

 

Mike

I love the city and hate it just the same. Without getting into this too much, once I am able,  I will be leaving IL. Not because of Chicago but because of the way the state is run overall. My sister left last year for the same reasons. 

[Mike L]

1 minute ago, slonezp said:

Mike

I love the city and hate it just the same. Without getting into this too much, once I am able,  I will be leaving IL. Not because of Chicago but because of the way the state is run overall. My sister left last year for the same reasons. 

I get it!!

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Mike

[roadwarrior]

Well, I live in a little community in the Memphis Metropolitan area, Germantown.

The town was founded in 1841.  We have NEVER had a murder. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germantown,_Tennessee#:~:text=Germantown was founded in 1841,their history and German Culture.

 

There are places you don't go in Memphis and NOTHING GOOD happens after midnight.

I suspect this applies to every other city on "The List".

[haggard]

On 8/13/2022 at 3:50 PM, ol'crickety said:

I'm persuaded by numbers. These are the cities with the highest per capita gun deaths:

• Jackson, Mississippi -- 69 gun homicides per 100,000 people.
• Gary, Indiana -- 64.
• St. Louis -- 50.
• New Orleans -- 48.
• Memphis, Tennessee -- 47

And these are the states with the highest per capita gun deaths:

• Mississippi -- 28.6.
• Louisiana -- 26.3.
• Wyoming -- 25.9.
• Missouri -- 23.9.
• Alabama -- 23.6.
• Alaska -- 23.5.

Everything is else is apocryphal narrative. 

All due respect and all, but please everybody, if credibility is what you want, cite your sources. 

 

[Swamp Girl]

On 9/30/2021 at 7:53 PM, gimruis said:

They have some of the strictest gun laws in the entire country, yet the crime rate is also near the top. I can’t figure that one out.

 

Here are the worst 15 (highest crime rates) based upon 2023 data:

 

15. Gadsden, Alabama

14. Albany, Georgia

13. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

12. Kalamazoo, Michigan

11. Cleveland, Ohio

10. Alexandria, Louisiana

9. Little Rock, Arkansas

8. Pine Bluff, Arkansas

7. Birmingham, Alabama

6. Detroit, Michigan

5. Memphis, Tennessee

4. Saginaw, Michigan

3. Monroe, Louisiana

2. Mobile, Alabama

1. Bessemer, Alabama

 

Source: travelinglifestyle.net

[Swamp Girl]

On 8/22/2022 at 7:58 PM, haggard said:

All due respect and all, but please everybody, if credibility is what you want, cite your sources. 

 

I did a search for the lists I first cited, but couldn't find it. Sorry.

 

I do know that 18 Mainers were slaughtered yesterday and others are mangled in ICUs, fighting for their lives, but I'll still launch my canoe alone in the dark, just like I'll still gladly visit Chicago again and enjoy its gorgeous architecture, the lake, and its great food. Fear is a cage. I'll die free even if it means I won't live long enough to wither in a nursing home.

[Choporoz]

It's as though Evansville IN is the center of the US crime universe.....get more than a day's drive from Southern Indiana and you're ok