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News: 64 shot in Chicago over past weekend
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Originally posted by Mezter
I think Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws sis
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I was in Lincoln Zoo in Chicago last Sunday (free entrance), and I saw a hillibilly with a t-shirt saying "kiss my country ass", and he had a GUN on his belt
Let me say, we were scared, the zoo is full of children too
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Originally posted by Eternium
Can you all just secede already?
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Not even states can secede. It is unconstitutional. Even during the civil war up to today it is debated whether the confederacy actually seceded and recognized by other countries. Only one country (not really a country) recognized the confederacy. But as of right now, it is still unconstitutional.
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Yeah, it's pretty bad over here.
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Yeah this happens every year. I'm not even surprised anymore. Also the members in here making the north side and downtown Chicago seem like utopia are idiots. The north side has just as much problems that aren't often reported. So does downtown. I live in the south side and my brother goes to school on the south side. You just have to smart about your surroundings.
Also I love how people love to report all these shootings, lets talk about why there's all these shootings. Closed schools, mental facilities, lack of resources and money in the neighborhoods. These neighborhoods are often ignored but then the second violence erupts, people are like omg so dangerous stay away. Let's work on improving these areas, providing resources, employment, idk **** to actually do so kids aren't out here shooting. The government put these drugs into our neighborhoods that caused this. You made your bed America, sleep in it.
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Originally posted by abrahamjmr
Giving Caracas a run for its money.
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I'm screaming.
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Member Since: 8/13/2012
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Originally posted by Deuces
Yeah this happens every year. I'm not even surprised anymore. Also the members in here making the north side and downtown Chicago seem like utopia are idiots. The north side has just as much problems that aren't often reported. So does downtown. I live in the south side and my brother goes to school on the south side. You just have to smart about your surroundings.
Also I love how people love to report all these shootings, lets talk about why there's all these shootings. Closed schools, mental facilities, lack of resources and money in the neighborhoods. These neighborhoods are often ignored but then the second violence erupts, people are like omg so dangerous stay away. Let's work on improving these areas, providing resources, employment, idk **** to actually do so kids aren't out here shooting. The government put these drugs into our neighborhoods that caused this. You made your bed America, sleep in it.
I'm screaming.
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Why do kids end up being in gangs though? Poverty should not lead to crime... And what drugs did the government put where? Makes no sense...
I think it's a cultural thing like natives in Canada, kids grow up in disfunctional and violent families and end up the same, perpetuating the violence and the mess
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Chicago seems nice but the violence there is scary. The culture is at fault in my opinion.
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Originally posted by MaRy
Why do kids end up being in gangs though? Poverty should not lead to crime... And what drugs did the government put where? Makes no sense...
I think it's a cultural thing like natives in Canada, kids grow up in disfunctional and violent families and end up the same, perpetuating the violence and the mess
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Kids end up in gangs because of drug trafficking. The same drugs that were purposely targeted towards black communities by the government. . Poverty obviously leads to crime, it's literally common sense. And if it isn't for you, google it.
The culture of the people has nothing to do with it. It's about the culture of the area, and it's the fault of the government for redlining, neglecting, targetting communities, etc.. Please do some research, like seriously.
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Originally posted by Blue Jeans
Downtown and north are seriously one of the best, cleanest, richest and safest places to live in the US, but south and some of west are seriously horrendous and poor
The northern suburbs always rank as the best places to live in the US
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Yeah... I live in the north suburbs and it's like a different country.
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Originally posted by Deuces
Yeah this happens every year. I'm not even surprised anymore. Also the members in here making the north side and downtown Chicago seem like utopia are idiots. The north side has just as much problems that aren't often reported. So does downtown. I live in the south side and my brother goes to school on the south side. You just have to smart about your surroundings.
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This is so not true lol. There's a reason real estate is 10x as expensive up north.
Obviously I agree with the rest of your post. The decades of institutionalized, structural discrimination and inequality have made black urban poverty mean violence in America--Chicago being a prime example. But New Orleans, Detroit, STL and several other cities have even more violence per capita. It's a PATTERN that Chicago has become the face of.
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Originally posted by Deuces
Kids end up in gangs because of drug trafficking. The same drugs that were purposely targeted towards black communities by the government. . Poverty obviously leads to crime, it's literally common sense. And if it isn't for you, google it.
The culture of the people has nothing to do with it. It's about the culture of the area, and it's the fault of the government for redlining, neglecting, targetting communities, etc.. Please do some research, like seriously.
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I'm saying exactly that is the culture of the area... That's why crime can't be stopped...
And yes the reason why these people were left in this condition is known and goes back to slavery and oppression both in Canada and in the USA, but what is happening today is because the chain of violence cannot be broken up... And the local governments do not have the resources to solve a generational problem... It has to start from the federal governements
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Originally posted by eli's_rhythm
This is so not true lol. There's a reason real estate is 10x as expensive up north.
Obviously I agree with the rest of your post. The decades of institutionalized, structural discrimination and inequality have made black urban poverty mean violence in America--Chicago being a prime example. But New Orleans, Detroit, STL and several other cities have even more violence per capita. It's a PATTERN that Chicago has become the face of.
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Eli I know you're not insinuating that the north side is perfect. Even Gold Coast has some things to deal with as does every area, and the city as a whole. Also I'm not talking northern suburbs.
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Originally posted by MaRy
I'm saying exactly that is the culture of the area... That's why crime can't be stopped...
And yes the reason why these people were left in this condition is known and goes back to slavery and oppression both in Canada and in the USA, but what is happening today is because the chain of violence cannot be broken up... And the local governments do not have the resources to solve a generational problem... It has to start from the federal governements
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I agree.
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Deuces you a good one, I wouldn't explained **** to these people.
Someone got shot in the gold coast like two weeks ago.
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To give this number some perspective, about 37 people are murdered by guns in the entire country of Australia every YEAR edit: And our gun crime is not even close to the lowest in the world, either. Japan has gone entire years without any gun-related homicides, and usually only have one or two. That's a country with 125 million people.
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Originally posted by 6_INCH_HEELS
I couldn't live in Chicago. Just no. I know it's a beautiful place to visit, home of our President and greats like Oprah. Lord, I commend them for making it out of there.
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the north isn't bad at all
my sister lives in a really nice place with a guard always at front and you need a special chip to even use the elevators
I always walk around to go buy stuff and take uber when I visit I haven't had any issues
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Living up to its name Chiraq I see...
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Wow how does this not make the news?
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I remember I read a story about an innocent girl getting killed there while she was talking to her dad through her phone in her car just because she parked it in the wrong neighbourhood. It must be so scary living there.
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