Violence in Chicago

JHS
Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:16:33 +0000

Whoa! I looked at that article. As far as I could tell, nothing happened within two or three miles of anywhere students live or play. Most of it was much farther away than that. There are plenty of shootings within that kind of distance from my house, and I live in quite the ritzy neighborhood.

Chicago (the city) clearly had a bad couple of days. But none of it had anything to do with Hyde Park or the university area.

Uchicagoalum’s rules are a little hysterical. You don’t need to avoid the green line or volunteer work. The University of Chicago IS in a big city. If it is going to make you lose sleep that there are poor people in nearby neighborhoods, and that many of them are not of Anglo-Saxon descent, then you should think about going someplace cuter and more suburban for college.