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optiongeek t1_iy3hbq1 wrote

Reply to comment by NolanSyKinsley in TIL that when it's really cold, Chicago sets its railroad tracks on fire to ensure that trains will be able to run properly and get to their destinations on time by leebruce2

For a fucked up city, Chicago knows how to get stuff done despite all the corruption.

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spaghettiputs t1_iy3o1og wrote

Major cities get accused of corruption but we can look at Dallas, Houston, Orlando, Jacksonville, Tampa, Raleigh. mobile, B'ham, Biloxi, and Atlanta to see real corruption.

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Throwaway_7451 t1_iy3x4r7 wrote

It's the same with crime in Chicago. It's become a dog whistle and only scares people away from the city and hurts tourism.

In reality, the worst of the crime is limited to a relatively small residential area that visitors would never travel to in the first place. Take that out of the equation and as far as the majority of the people in the city are concerned, Chicago is actually one of the safest large cities in the country.

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laura34533 t1_iy5heo9 wrote

Used to be. Now u see crime downtown and the affluent suburbs. Not as bad as Englewood, but still bad

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gramathy t1_iy6tiyj wrote

Also it’s misrepresented by using absolut numbers and not per capita

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Caliterra t1_iy5tomx wrote

Isn't that every City though. Cut out the most crime ridden part of any big city and the overall crime rate would plummet

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chocki305 t1_iy439u5 wrote

>It's become a dog whistle

I'm going to bet you don't live in Chicago.

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Yancy_Farnesworth t1_iy4v47b wrote

I'm going to bet you don't live in Chicago. Or ever even looked at a crime map of Chicago.

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chocki305 t1_iy4wplc wrote

I bet you don't look at replys before commenting.

Born and raised Chi town. To claim it isnt run by corruption, is laughable.

We currently have an alderman who is under indictment, and is still running for reelection. We re elected a convicted alderman for fucks sake.

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jason_abacabb t1_iy3r9q4 wrote

You forgot Baltimore.

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spaghettiputs t1_iy3rkoa wrote

Baltimore runs rather smooth for a small city

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herbw t1_iy4p5gl wrote

'cept for the crime rates.

And two things are over rated: Sex and Johns Hopkins. Some might be not sure about sex.

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fordfan919 t1_iy3t5ab wrote

Just realized I've lived on half those cities.

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