Have you ever been to Chicago? It's like any city in the United States. Some parts are dangerous and full of crime. Some parts are very nice and peaceful. I will say that the good parts here are much nicer than any part of New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, etc. It is a very, very nice city.
I must say, one of the best pizzas I ever had was in Champagne/Urbana. Which is kind of near Chicago. So if pizza is on the short list, Chicago might be the place. And if you can get Cubs tickets, that would make it a sure winner in the Daily Double.
Crime reporting in the Windy City hasn't been the same since Second City Cop went into hiding. HJ does a pretty good job in the raw stats department, though.
And Axpona is in the NW suburbs. It’s far from Chicago and 100% safe.
Only pointing it out cause there were a lot of at risk age group there roaming around freely. I felt kind of concerned, however they said the mask mandate was lifted in January for Florida so I guess no one wears masks.Hey, I resemble that remark.
It’s not that they required proof of negative covid test, which they didn’t look at..The crowd is more like 85% 50 or older at Axpona, myself included
Yes the mask was bs. I’ll wear one if they make me but I’m not bringing one.
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It depends on the person but there are a few top contenders.
The best deep dish pizza comes from a place called Labriola in River North.
Hahahaha man. Just don’t got to subway at 2 am with -15 degree temps and you’re safe.Worried about violent crime in Chicago? This is almost entirely a beautiful place to live. We get a bad rap here, but it's not really that bad outside of a few neighborhoods and gang factions. You should be more worried about 27 other U.S. cities. I'm looking at you St Louis.
Murder map: Deadliest U.S. cities
You might be surprised by the murder rates in major cities across the U.S.
What about that champagne/Urbana someone mentioned
Can't comment on that. But Champaign is 2.5 hours away, so it's not really Chicago deep dish.
There are plenty of great restaurants within 10 miles of Axpona. Food is not a problem. You can stay for a week and eat at a different restaurant each meal. And if you just want a hot dog & drink for $1.50, Costco is 5 min away
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If there is evidence that masks/facial covering actually reduced Covid cases vs just give a sense if security, I’d like to see it. I put on masks where still required because it’s not inconvenient enough to argue against wearing it.Taste is taste, but Chicago deep dish is something I put on the opposite side of the culture scale from, e.g. the CSO, Second City, Field Museum, Chance the Rapper, Wilco, Smashing Pumpkins, Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, etc.
I thought all deep dish pizza was a crime before man and God until a few months ago when I had to drive to Detroit for a passport renewal. They have good deep dish pizza. Better crust, better cheese, better process. So one could say the reason to visit Detroit is deep dish pizza. Grab some for lunch in the summer and follow it up with a quick hop to Toronto to buy and eat a real (i.e. Pakistani) mango*, and that's a good junk food day.
*N.B. real mangoes are readily available in Toronto, but we can't easily get them here. My rootless cosmopolitan globalist heckles go up when there's something really good we can't have for very stupid reasons...
As for violent crime, it is everywhere on the globe. Numbers are trending wrong right now in Chicago and elsewhere, but they're also going up from a low-by-historical-standards base. Regardless, being a victim of crime sucks, and crime is always something to be aware of and vigilant about. Sadly much more so if you're a Black male, as that group gets disproportionately targeted from both ends.
It is also unfortunate that crime is more lethal and injurious in the US than in other developed countries. However, we all know the 4-letter root cause of that heightened lethality, and presumably discussion of said root cause is out of scope in this forum.
Hmm...
Chicago Contrarian Hates Chicago and Facts - Chicago Justice Project
Two recent posts on the Chicago Contrarian website provide insight in to the mind set of far too many Chicago police officers.
So not exactly into hiding - likely just didn't want the attention of running a site that was drawing Jan 6th putsch attempt sympathizers to the comments.
Being curious, I checked out this fellow's current work. I stopped reading after the first two lines of the most recent post, which are straight clown show: "First up, a very Merry Christmas to all the readers, despite the absence of quite a bit of “Merry” and the ongoing decades of leftist attempts to eliminate “Christmas” itself from the season."
Query: in this decade, has the US seen more fatalities and injuries from violent crime, or from Covid?
Using the word "safety" in a serious and thoughtful manner in the context of an international convention or conference in spring 2022 means discussing how masks/vaccination requirements end up being applied and enforced. Regardless of preexisting local conditions, we're talking about a gathering of people from all over the place. Some of those places are markedly less prudent. We're all sick of the pandemic, but it hasn't gone anywhere.
As long as no one brings up pineapples in their pizza. Once pineapples are involved, things deteriorate quickly, and the mods have to get involved.Pizza debates are just the traditional "off the rails" topic here at ASR.