I was in downtown Chicago last night, and I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was infested
with young individuals walking and driving down the streets acting uncivilized
and feral. I’m taking about highly affluent areas like Streeterville, RiverNorth,
South Loop,etc.

You got millionaires, possibly billionaires in those areas, so there is a reason why
a lot of them are relocating.

As an African American it was daunting to see, because it was mostly African Americans
carrying on in a rowdy manner.

As a young adult and mature one, my generation used to go to those areas to
experience and enjoy the recreations and amenities of those areas,
and we did it in a friendly, respectful manner.

Yoga pants, Jordans and jeans…that’s all I saw. From one group
of individuals to another. Everyone pretty much looked the same.
And there was nothing but the smell of marijuana smoke in the air.

My generation had a sense of individuality and never wanted
to wear what the next person was wearing, or wear anything even close to it.
We made sure we were well dressed and presentable

Rant over.

yep

We hear that every year. This isn’t new. This has been trending since the end of
the Daley era.

And it keeps getting worse.

It’s really OC

to a shooting in focking Millennium Park….probably the biggest tourist attraction in
Chicago. Mobs of people coming posse deep just doing wild stuff.

Right in the heart of downtown.

Born and raised in Bronzeville, but these days I would rather go
hang out in Rosemont, Evanston and Hyde Park ( every now and then)…
diverse, positive environments…and I know other black folks who are
doing the same thing….because downtown has become infested with crime
and violence

A strict dress code would surely stop the violence.

i was under the impression that most of the crime (shootings and gang shit)in the city was isolated to a few parts of town, southside and (i thk) the west side? has crime in downtown been a long term thing or is it more recent?

For me this has been going on for the past 2-3 years, and it is getting worse.

This is from last summer.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/news/concerns-over-downtown-crime-forcing-businesses-to-make-changes/

Chicago used to be a city were the crime just existed in certain areas,
mainly certain south and west side areas. That is no longer the case,
not at all. Similar crimes are now taking place downtown and in affluent
areas, and in prime shopping places.

I blame social media and technology, which allows individuals to meet up quickly
in any area, and target and track subjects no matter where they are in the city.

Just... ugh.

this nigga mad as fuck at that playoff loss.

fuck deep dish pizza
fuck them hotdogs
fuck Mike Ditka







FREE R KELLY

Just posting fucking nonsense to get attention and get dunked on.


Not sure how yoga pants, Jordans, and Weed smoke = "feral" in any case, though.

prolly had on penny loafers and white tube socks when he made this trash ass post

or early 2000s as everyday attire. Women had wayyyy more style. It became a thing
around 2010, and now that’s all you see sometimes..not saying all women of course.

I’m not against them, but at the same time, I feel there is a time and place for them.

Going out to dinner or the club in yoga shorts/pants on in a pair of flip-flops
or crocs on is just plain lazy and disgusting looking…woman weren’t wearing that bullshit
20 years ago going out. It was worn mostly as leisure attire around the house or at the
gym. But now it is being worn as everyday attire.

Almost every young woman was walking around in yoga pants and Jordan1s or Concords…
Hell, what happened to the sandals, skirts…espadrilles, stilettos?


And the dudes were in jeans sagging off their asses and Jordans…walking around smelling
like skunk weed…no class, tact or style about themselves.

Am I downtown or am I in the hood? That was the perception.

and women wore spandex like crazy in the 80’s. Some even wore the thong combo.

lmao at weed..


you sound old and bitter.

allStah fucking sucks.

For somebody who posts like they are the defender of all things black, this is a post straight from stormfront.

fucking gross.

This post makes sense if it were typed by Candace Owens someone with contempt and jealously towards the black society she immigrated to.

Yoga pants and weed do not make black Chicagoans feral. How dare you speak down to historic black excellence that is Chicago. Talk about crimes committed by non black Chicagoans if you're going this route.

Your Identity Evropa approved hypothesis is that because "black" people in affluent areas wore yoga pants, Jordans, and jeans they acted uncivilized and feral. STOP and DO BETTER. Talk about uplifting aspects of Chicago instead of regurgitating alt right think tank approved language like uncivilized, feral, weed, rowdy manner.

re-read:

“I was in downtown Chicago last night, and I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was infested
with young individuals walking and driving down the streets acting uncivilized
and feral. I’m taking about highly affluent areas like Streeterville, RiverNorth,
South Loop,etc.

That was the main idea of the post…said nothing about their attire making them wild.
I talked about their ACTIONS.

I talked about their attire on how inappropriate and how wack it was,
and how everybody looked the same

Your reading comprehension needs to do better.

https://youtu.be/ZxL-aUeNmJc

Can't catch me in Chicago any time soon.

https://legginheaven.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Black-Weed-1.jpg

well it's not the Royal tradition so he is against it.

Everything I stated can be identified in that news report.

Pisses me off how things have gotten

Shit was wild and sickening…

So you moved on to Chicago.

suuuuure *wink wink*

https://imagez.tmz.com/image/67/o/2020/11/11/67649bbd6bd94c07979211ebd9bd88a0.jpg

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/stylish-guy-desk-computer-photo-600w-549692518.jpg

What's interesting is that I did want to talk about Wal-Mart closing half their stores in Chicago.

Or even the malls in NJ have instituted a chaperone policy

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/garden-state-plaza-mall-announces-adult-chaperone-policy-for-friday-saturday-nights/4241142/


But clearly it's so easy for this to get mixed into the jordan's and jeans convo.

**********
"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

black communities, is because they were losing tons of money due to theft
by the customers and employees. I’m surprised it took them this long to close,
when it was reported years ago on how much money those stores were losing.
Those communities have no one to blame but themselves. The corporations listened,
and brought stores to those areas…but those communities took advantage of them.

I feel bad for the senior citizens and honest people of those communities, because
they will have to travel far out to get food and necessary house supplies.

But Walmart has to take some blame as well for keeping the self-check out areas
in their stores. Stores like Food4Less, which mostly operates in black/Latino communities
took self-checkout out of their stores because they were losing tons of money. Walmart
should have done the same thing, because that’s where most of their losses were coming
from.

We aren't obliged to believe retailers when they blame crime for losing money. But we particularly shouldn't believe that crime isn't the issue when the retailer itself says that crime isn't the issue. We don't have to

Any talk about the relationship between crime and stores like this should also include the fact that these businesses are notorious for wage theft. Walmart itself has paid out 1.5 billion in penalties/settlements for wage theft since 2000. They haven't lost anywhere near in shoplifting that they've stolen from workers through wage theft.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/04/12/walmart-s-chicago-store-closings-aren-t-about-crime-just-business/0b374266-d965-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html

Almost as soon as Walmart Inc. announced it’s closing a handful of stores in Chicago, Illinois, it was dragged into the country’s culture wars. Some on Twitter blamed the move on “uncontrolled crime” and “woke” lawmaking. Others said it was in anticipation of increased crime under the city’s newly elected Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson, who campaigned on a more holistic approach to public safety that focuses on the root causes of crime such as systemic poverty and mental health.

But the underlying motivations for the store closings are more reflective of some of the ruthless profit-driven choices retailers make than the crime-spree rhetoric that the anti-woke crowd has run with.

As we shop more online, mass merchants such as Walmart are looking for ways to slough off unprofitable and pricey real estate as they ramp up in e-commerce. Walmart’s stores in Chicago “have not been profitable since we opened the first one nearly 17 years ago,” the company said. Annual losses nearly doubled in just the last five years, it added. The statement on Tuesday seemed to shirk some responsibility for the poor performance, saying the company had attempted different strategies and discussed its challenges with local government before concluding there was nothing the city’s leaders could do to help make the closing stores profitable. More explicitly, Walmart told Bloomberg News that crime and theft weren’t leading drivers of its decision.

As a primarily physical store, Walmart’s margins are slim compared to its closest rival, e-commerce behemoth Amazon.com Inc. Walmart’s operating margins have tanked over the past decade as people turned to Amazon for higher margin purchases such as toys and home goods. TheBentonville, Arkansas-based retailer has outlined an ambitious turnaround plan. Just last week the company told investors that it’s striving for 4% sales growth and 4% operating income growth in the next three to five years, partly by strengthening its e-commerce muscle. A greater proportion of $18 billion in capital spending this year will go toward upgrading its supply chain, and the focus on beefing up e-commerce isn’t likely to shift. With that kind of spending on deck, the company either has to raise more debt in a tough borrowing environment or cut costs.

Walmart’s plan to shrink its footprint in Chicago also speaks to broader domestic migration patterns. A common adage in the retail industry is that stores follow roofs, meaning retailers follow people wherever they move. In the work-from-home era, people have left cities and moved to the suburbs in greater numbers. Walmart has historically shied away from cities in part because of the higher real estate costs, though it has experimented with smaller format stores in cities, including Chicago. But its strength is suburban retail and its new focus is drawing in higher-income shoppers who, lucky for them, have moved to the suburbs. This also plays directly into Walmart’s other strength — groceries. Shoppers working remotely in the suburbs are more likely to shop for groceries to prepare lunch at home.

Success with retail stores is also very locally dependent. While people are returning to in-store shopping after a few years of being holed up indoors, they don’t want to go to bad stores. Compared to other options in the four neighborhoods impacted, Walmart’s stores just aren’t that great of an experience. Within blocks, shoppers can find Target Corp. and Costco Wholesale Corp. stores that are more appealing to shop in person because of their store design and, in the case of Costco, the free food samples. There’s also the option of low-cost grocer Aldi Stores Ltd. Walmart’s prices are low but not as low as Aldi, which makes it challenging to lure away value shoppers.

For all these reasons, Walmart’s decision makes sense. What’s concerning is the deep hole such closures can leave in communities, particularly those without an abundance of options. For example, within two years of Walmart opening a store in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, 82 other stores closed with retailers located closer to the Walmart more likely to have downed shutters. That pattern has been repeated in rural areas such as Oriental, North Carolina, which was left without a grocery store when the company decided to close its store.

No one should be surprised that Walmart’s moves in Chicago stoked racist “anti-woke” commentary. Companies, Walmart included, share some responsibility in fueling the “go woke go broke” evangelism online. Over the last two years retailers have been on a relentless campaign against theft at their stores, claiming that organized crime has been on the rise. In December, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon told CNBC that stores could close and prices could increase because of theft. But there’s evidence that retail theft is not as dramatic as some retailers claim. Earlier this year,a Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. executive said the company might have overstated the level of theft in its stores and “probably” spent too much on security measures.So it might be tempting to point to Chicago’s new mayor or retail theft for Walmart’s decision to close stores. But really it’s just business as usual for a mega retailer looking to keep its profits growing.

I live in the burbs, and the African American employees at the Walmart out there
who transferred from some of those stores talked about how employees and customers
where stealing, and how it was a major problem for years. Their store counts would come
up tremendously short every month.

Everyone in Chicago knows. This ain’t some mystery.

Same reason why the Whole Foods closed in Englewood. The store was
poorly operated by the employees who worked there, plus crime, theft, and violence
in those areas.

I’m not a huge supporter of either one of those stores. I prefer Trader Joe’s and ALDIs,
but anyone with eyes could see how fucked up those stores were compared to their
stores in other areas.

Again, you're making an argument that Walmart has declined to make themselves, even though their CEO has expressed open-ness to blaming crime for store closures in the past.

The most likely answer is the one that's proposed in this article and not what you've gleaned by talking to other suburbanites.

edit: you are, however, correct about Walmart stores being a common scene for crime - the most common and lucrative type of theft committed in America, often by Walmart itself: wages stolen from workers.

Just like you can go to a fast food restaurant in a bad neighborhood where the
customer service is bad and the food is horrible, and compare the same restaurant
brand in a good neighborhood, it’s the same thing here.

You could go to one of those Walmarts and see products scattered all over the shelves,
floors and bathrooms unkempt, barely having items in stock… Where there is that kind
of disorganization, it’s a no brainer that those stores were losing money….
But then you go to a Walmart that is more organized, and those negative elements don’t
exist.

It’s not rocket science, and is a totally different subject and argument than labor
issues. Don’t get me wrong those issues do exist. But in this situation, the tangibles
out weigh the political theories.

>Those communities have no one to blame but themselves. The
>corporations listened,
>and brought stores to those areas…but those communities took
>advantage of them.

WTF?! Your white supremacy is showing...

he got that hate in his heart.

Have you been to any of those stores in Chicago?

I have….aint got shit to do with white supremacy…There was major theft
in those communities by the employees and customers.

And even some of the Walmart employees would tell you that…

It’s no conspiracy or secret or supremacy…

Hell, that one particular Walmart store in Chatham got destroyed
and robbed during the civil unrest that took place in regards to the
George Floyd police brutality situation. …It was a miracle that they were
able to reopen, and they did because people needed the store in the community….
but only so much loss can be sustained

It doesn't make your sentiment any less disgusting.

THAT store was a reflection of THAT community….and it was a poorly operated Walmart

https://splashysplash.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/polo-ralph-lauren-lo-life-winter-2012-winta-fresh-suny-redd.jpg

lol

There's a real problems w/ lawlessness in a lot of cities, and it ain't related to clothing...

...unless they are wearing this: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0145/4138/9878/products/POOHSHIESTY1_5f0522b6-464c-4970-a8cf-ac96abb93bf1.jpg?v=1675958573

I’ll give you time.

Not once did I say that crime and behavior were related to their clothing…

I said their clothing was wack and inappropriate and everybody dressed the same….It
was a separate paragraph and subject all together. No creativity or attractiveness in
what they had on.

In chicago and apparently theres similar killings in other cities after it almost happened to him as well

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYWxBwLY/

They literally just found another body too. Stay safe Chicago

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYWxfws4/

he sounds like a white racist ranting about Black people and their Jordans.

“can we get some sandals and stiletto’s?”

nigga sounds like Unkle Ruckus

and chose to instigate

Had you properly read the areas that I stated and the actions I addressed,
you would not be confused. SOUTH LOOP, which is the area that the video is focused
on, is in my first paragraph.

You focused on one part of the post, and you focused on it incorrectly.

you didn’t say crime was rampant

you said it was feral and people were walking around in Jordans and Yoga pants and the evil weed was on the air..

not sure what the solution is

people think it’s a joke. It’s not. It’s a growing problem that is creating tragic, tragic
situations because everyone is too busy laughing.

I can only speak about Chicago, because my eyes see it daily. And I can only speak
about my culture, because that’s what I live around. I’m speaking the same stuff that
black leaders are preaching about in regards to the crime and violence in our
neighborhoods.

And when I compare some of the black youth in my city to the era I grew up in as
a black youth, and how we acted and presented ourselves, there is a stark difference.
And I grew up in the crack/cocaine era, but the violence then was mostly happening
amongst the older adults, and it only occurred in certain areas.

Now?

It’s throughout the entire city and is being pushed by teenagers and
young adults, who are quick to pull out a gun and blast someone.

The shit I saw downtown over the weekend was FERAL and UNACCEPTABLE.

uncivilized ?


infested ?


from the "African American" saving Black women from fake eyelashes.

And other civilized black folks in Chicago would tell you the same thing….

Niggas being WILD and focking up shit.

Do you live in Chicago? Have you ever lived here during any period of time?

If you have then you know the difference between now and then, and how feral and violent
things have become in the downtown area or in Chicago period.

Hell, feral is an understatement.

You got people shooting and killing out in the open in high public areas with no
regard for anyone’s life or existence.

That’s feral and unacceptable…so you can sit there and play with semantics all you want.

The city of Chicago has major major crime issue on their hands, that continues to expand.

than a wild animal,doubling down on feral

Nah save the trolling for your next post. You had your shield out and cape on, when you defended the "Royal tradition" during the Harry/Megan media run, and you are M.I.A in the post about the young Black kid who was shot for ringing the wrong doorbell.

for tinging the wrong bell

its the inner city schools fault for not teaching him which house to go to.

better have natural eyelashes

and learn how to read.

https://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=4&topic_id=13426462&mesg_id=13426462&page=#13426604

This isn’t a high school cafeteria. Grow the Fock up.

after you glazed the British monarchy.

when he just called people feral for wearing Jordans and yoga pants.

His same schtick every post.

he said where is the stiletto’s? lmao

n/m

https://twitter.com/CWBChicago/status/1647998114542829571

https://youtu.be/_ADSvX5brN0

but the stuff that has been happening in the city for the past 5 years…complete
barbaric, wild behavior…no other way to describe it.

What I saw over the weekend, I have never seen before.

Shit is bad

Most of this stuff I just see as kids wylin out for various reasons. Same with these street takeovers in LA or even mobbing stores and taking shit. with alot of it I can find stuff I saw first hand in the early 90s that were equal or worse. Not that i don't think its wrong. Im just not shocked or deeply disturbed like it's new shit

But this is just something else. I mean if anyone could picture someone they love on either end of this and not be horrified, there's something very wrong with you
>https://twitter.com/CWBChicago/status/1647998114542829571

That’s not some normal stuff that is relatable to past eras.


That’s some City Of Gods stuff, that didn’t take place back in the
80s, 90s in the downtown area.

We didn’t have to worry about crime and killings in the neighborhoods to
also occur downtown, at the beach, at the water tower or at restaurants.

The magnificent mile is a historical street that runs through the
heart of downtown….mobs of young adults running up and down
the street being violent and wild is pure insanity and scary.

And when the majority of them are African Americans, the same culture as you,
what do you do with that?…because you can just feel other cultures looking at you
thinking: “ those are your people fucking shit up.”

It doesn’t make feel good at all….It makes me feel ashamed and embarrassed, because
you know you’re going to get stereotyped because of it.

Didn't realize they were a couple and the boyfriend got the brunt of it. They don't seem very hurt which is good
Still fucked up and wrong but it's good they're not as messed up as I thought she'd (they'd) be from that video

Shot out to the woman who helped out

https://youtu.be/t-V3ZzA1E9E

https://youtu.be/33bKCh5594o

I was obviously very wrong on that.

i assume the homeless situation isn't remotely as bad as california there simply due to weather.

i was in chi a few years ago and only remember seeing a handful of homeless people, and that was in the summer.

more conservative genteel time? I see it here and on twitter.

Crime was worst, poverty was worst and from a morality standpoint rap lyrics were actually a lot worst.


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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

nm

So you’re wrong right off the jump.

There were zero worries about kids in grammar school and high school bringing
guns to schools. Only thing we worried about were brass knuckles or some type
of switch blade, we didn’t have to worry about possibly losing our lives over
an argument. And there were no metal detectors in high school back then

Yes there was crime and violence, but it only existed in certain neighborhoods and
with a certain group of people. …and most of it was due to the crack/cocaine epidemic

There were no shootouts on the highways, or gun battles in public shopping malls
and areas. There were no mobs of youth running through the downtown area destroying
shit and shooting people.

Guns simply weren’t accessible like they are now …which is why there is a mass shooting almost every week, and there was no technology or transportation to help facilitate it.

This generation is ten times more violent due to technology and being able to access it.

A 7th grader can easily get access to gun via technology or off the streets. Me, as a
7th grader in the 80s, was focused on getting my hands on the next Spider-Man issue,
and trying to get someone to give me 75 cents so I could buy it….Thinking about
a gun or getting access to a gun wasn’t even a thought or possibility.


So You’re wrong.

How is this generation 10x more violent!??!





>So you’re wrong right off the jump.
>
>There were zero worries about kids in grammar school and high
>school bringing
>guns to schools. Only thing we worried about were brass
>knuckles or some type
>of switch blade, we didn’t have to worry about possibly
>losing our lives over
>an argument. And there were no metal detectors in high school
>back then
>
>Yes there was crime and violence, but it only existed in
>certain neighborhoods and
>with a certain group of people. …and most of it was due to
>the crack/cocaine epidemic
>
>There were no shootouts on the highways, or gun battles in
>public shopping malls
>and areas. There were no mobs of youth running through the
>downtown area destroying
>shit and shooting people.
>
>Guns simply weren’t accessible like they are now …which is
>why there is a mass shooting almost every week, and there was
>no technology or transportation to help facilitate it.
>
>This generation is ten times more violent due to technology
>and being able to access it.
>
>A 7th grader can easily get access to gun via technology or
>off the streets. Me, as a
>7th grader in the 80s, was focused on getting my hands on the
>next Spider-Man issue,
>and trying to get someone to give me 75 cents so I could buy
>it….Thinking about
>a gun or getting access to a gun wasn’t even a thought or
>possibility.
>
>
>So You’re wrong.


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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

3 people could get murdered in a news report and by the time you finish watching fox it feels like 30.

more juvenile murders in this era than that era, and the murders in the 80s happened
in specific areas like the projects. So that’s more of a condensed situation as opposed to
now where you have murders and violence scattered throughout the city and happening
in more affluent areas.

That makes for a more violent city, because the violence is occurring in areas that
weren’t known for violence, like high commercial areas and business districts, so it’s
more spread out.

If you have 900 murders comprised of specific areas, it’s easy to just stay away from
those areas, which is what we did. We didn’t go to the projects and we stayed away from
areas that were known for drug selling.

Now the projects are gone, and the crack cocaine era is dead, and violence is
occurring throughout the city so it’s hard to avoid, when random violence can
just pop up anywhere in the city like it did over the weekend.

Also carjackings are higher than they were 2-3 decades ago , and there are
murders occurring from that that was not happening in the 80s and 90s

“More than 1,600 armed carjackings were reported in the city last year, which marked an 11% decrease from 2021 - but was still higher than any other year dating back at least two decades. Chicago carjacking reports more than doubled from 603 in 2019 to 1,413 in 2020. They hit an apex of 1,849 in 2021.”

This city is way more violent as a WHOLE than any other time period.

“The Feminine of He” https://youtu.be/vaiZLFFEN38

MELa
Musically.Entertaining.Lyrically.Alluring.

/

>I was in downtown Chicago last night, and I couldn’t
>believe my eyes. It was infested
>with young individuals walking and driving down the streets
>acting uncivilized
>and feral. I’m taking about highly affluent areas like
>Streeterville, RiverNorth,
> South Loop,etc.
>
>You got millionaires, possibly billionaires in those areas, so
>there is a reason why
>a lot of them are relocating.
>
>As an African American it was daunting to see, because it was
>mostly African Americans
>carrying on in a rowdy manner.
>th
>As a young adult and mature one, my generation used to go to
>those areas to
>experience and enjoy the recreations and amenities of those
>areas,
>and we did it in a friendly, respectful manner.
>
>Yoga pants, Jordans and jeans…that’s all I saw. From one
>group
>of individuals to another. Everyone pretty much looked the
>same.
>And there was nothing but the smell of marijuana smoke in the
>air.
>
>My generation had a sense of individuality and never wanted
>to wear what the next person was wearing, or wear anything
>even close to it.
>We made sure we were well dressed and presentable
>
>Rant over.
>

Unfortunately those videos of teens taking over the streets is typical during the summer

and happening on similar scales in other major cities

... and ......... whatever the fuck this is:


>Yoga pants, Jordans and jeans…that’s all I saw. From one group
>of individuals to another. Everyone pretty much looked the same.
>And there was nothing but the smell of marijuana smoke in the air.

My generation had a sense of individuality and never wanted
>to wear what the next person was wearing, or wear anything even close
>to it.
>We made sure we were well dressed and presentable

In other words the OP deserves to be clowned. Per usual.

from the messenger

He didn't even mention crime or attacks in his post. Just shoes and types of pants, and whateverthefuck else that mess was supposed to be about.

from "infested, uncivilized, feral" ?

in post #97?

Some people are taking this seriously.

and I read the question in 97

Nobody needs to talk like a Nazi to discuss it. The messenger is the reason some will not take it serious.

.

>Unfortunately those videos of teens taking over the streets
>is typical during the summer

Should we stay downtown, or elsewhere? Gonna be tourists (first time in the city), so I wanna wander around and chill. Might rent a car.

I think there was a 'visiting Chicago' post a while back. Gonna see if I can find it to bump it.

Walking distance to the trains, Michigan Avenue, mad restaurants, and Lake Michigan.