Lived there up until a couple years ago... Why, cuz I was dang stupid!!! Moved here to Colorado, and love it!!

Do have to say when I first moved to Chi~ Town I loved it too...Couldn’t do everything it has to offer from taste festivals to concerts to restaurants etc but the traffic holy hell debed~~

Used to go to the Green Door Tavern for some of the finest blues/jazz you ever want to hear.. From the locals to big name dropins.. Talk about kicken, ooohhhhh the music!
The food wowwwwww too...

If not there first to the billiard hall , Chris’ for a few games🤪🤪.. Tourney play everyone so nice..ahhhh the memories..

Don't forget the Blues Festival.

When I was there I was also partial to the steaks at Weber Grills' steak house on E. Ohio (they use the charcoal grills that are their products to grill their burgers, steaks and chops), and there was a hot dogs and sausages fast food kind of place called Portillo's that could supply any demand in those categories.

Lastly, Italian beef, spicy roast beef I've never had anyplace but in Chicago.

Last time I was there was 2008, but from what I've heard, today you need to be armed to the teeth to go out at night.

Don't forget the Blues Festival.

When I was there I was also partial to the steaks at Weber Grills' steak house on E. Ohio (they use the charcoal grills that are their products to grill their burgers, steaks and chops), and there was a hot dogs and sausages fast food kind of place called Portillo's that could supply any demand in those categories.

Lastly, Italian beef, spicy roast beef I've never had anyplace but in Chicago.

Last time I was there was 2008, but from what I've heard, today you need to be armed to the teeth to go out at night.

The Blues Festival you say?? Yes, been to a few of them...Outstanding venue (s) and artists..

Webers is still there and another I know well.. Ever had their meatloaf?? OMG and Portillos all over Chi~Town and out skirt areas as well..Now your talking is all I can say..

How about Spiaggia, on Michigan.. One of the million best Italian Resturants in the city!!!

Italian beef~~ no one ever comes close to what is served in any number of places that perfect its flavor.. A little hole in the wall place, Suzies on Montrose made the best ever!!! You had to order take out as the little place couldn’t hold the lines of people all day, all night ... Served with peppers and onions, way too much cheese.~, or simply just the roast beef in a roll to die for!!! Making me hungry!!! Hot au jus...

In closing~~ don’t ever, ever, ever ask for ketchup on your hot dog!! Some places will run you out.... lolololol

All this aside, I left it because the violence 40 to 100 shootings a weekend was not uncommon... Southside, the cops wouldn’t even go in with a r**t squad...

I carried and never left home without it!!
Colorado open carry and yet no need to.. Everyone knows your carrying and no one tries anything because of it either..

Yeah, it's too bad these neaveau "progressives" are doing what they're doing to great American cities.

When I was in Chicago I met some South American Architecture students who were there just to look at some of the great buildings. I stayed at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, and one of the rooms in the suite (I had to be a bit extravagant that trip because I needed to have conference space on demand) had a window wall view of a marina.

I explored quite a bit, the Lake Front, a couple of parks, the Water Tower mall, the Lincoln Square area, a truly great city.

What I read and hear about it now is a shame.

Liberal policies breed dangerous cities, then they want to take away your Second Amendment rights so you're helpless against the criminals their policing policies encourage to do as they please.

There will be a backlash against the anarchistic and destructive influence of the left and the root causes of their actions soon enough, of that I'm sure because they've pushed the envelope as far as most Americans will tolerate it, and that backlash, taking the left by surprise, will happen while Donald Trump is in the White House.

I am not fooled by either party. I don't need the Democrats to have my best interest at heart since I take care of myself and have family to take care of me should I need it. If I v**ed purely out of self interest I would surely v**e for the Republicans and Trump.

I v**e because I am a member of society and think there are social concerns that do not relate to me personally. I am a member of a family, neighborhood, local community, county, state, and country. It's not all about me, me, me.

You can call it socialism, I call it thinking about my fellow citizens.

TOP 10 REASONS TO V**E
DEMOCRAT OR NOT TO V**E

#10. I v**e Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry wh**ever I want. I’ve decided to marry my German Shepherd.

#9. I v**e Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene, but the government taxing the same gallon at 15% isn’t.

#8. I v**e Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would.

#7. I v**e Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.

#6. I v**e Democrat because I'm way too irresponsible to own a gun, and I know that my local police are all I need to protect me from murderers and thieves.
I am also thankful that we have a 911 service that get police to your home in order to identify your body after a home invasion.

#5. I v**e Democrat because I'm not concerned about millions of babies being aborted so long as we keep all death row inmates alive and comfy and get s*x c****e operations if they want one on the tax payer’s dime.

#4. I v**e Democrat because I think i*****l a***ns have a right to free health care, education, and Social Security benefits, and we should take away Social Security from those who paid into it.

#3. I v**e Democrat because I believe that businesses should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as the Democrat Party sees fit.

#2. I v**e Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit fringe kooks who would never get their agendas past the v**ers.

#1. And, the #1 reason I v**e Democrat is: because I think it's better to pay $billions of U. S. Dollars ($) for oil to people who h**e us, but not drill our own because it might upset some endangered beetle, gopher or fish here in America .
We don't care about the beetles, gophers or fish in those other countries.

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The difference between genius and stupidity

is that genius has its limits.

-Albert Einstein

Yeah, it's too bad these neaveau "progressives" are doing what they're doing to great American cities.

When I was in Chicago I met some South American Architecture students who were there just to look at some of the great buildings. I stayed at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, and one of the rooms in the suite (I had to be a bit extravagant that trip because I needed to have conference space on demand) had a window wall view of a marina.

I explored quite a bit, the Lake Front, a couple of parks, the Water Tower mall, the Lincoln Square area, a truly great city.

What I read and hear about it now is a shame.

Liberal policies breed dangerous cities, then they want to take away your Second Amendment rights so you're helpless against the criminals their policing policies encourage to do as they please.

There will be a backlash against the anarchistic and destructive influence of the left and the root causes of their actions soon enough, of that I'm sure because they've pushed the envelope as far as most Americans will tolerate it, and that backlash, taking the left by surprise, will happen while Donald Trump is in the White House.