This family figured out a way to be safe around the Cell:
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| Author: | Mini Ditka [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Is the Cell in a Safe Area? |
The Ranger had a caller yesterday who was mentioning how he believes the Sox park is in a crappy neighborhood where he fears crime. The Ranger disagreed and said that he was never afraid of being in that area even late at night and he said there were more shootings in the Wrigleyville area than around Comiskey Park. I'd like to hear some thoughts from Sox fans and non-Sox fans. Is the Ranger right that the area around the park is safe or is the callers's claim more accurate? |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is the Cell in a Safe Area? |
Its not dangerous to go to Sox games. The area surrounding the Cell is a worse neighborhood than the one surrounding Wrigley. |
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:24 pm ] |
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I refuse to go south of Madison |
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:25 pm ] |
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I wear a bullet proof vest under my Cubs jersey every time I go to a Sox game. |
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| Author: | RFDC [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:27 pm ] |
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rogers park bryan wrote: Its not dangerous to go to Sox games. The area surrounding the Cell is a worse neighborhood than the one surrounding Wrigley. Correct. The ballpark is not dangerous at all. But if you make a wrong turn you can be in a bad area quickly. A couple years ago my brother made a wrong turn leaving the ball park and had a cinder block thrown through his back glass. Just thankful no one was sitting back there. |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:28 pm ] |
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Mini Ditka wrote: he said there were more shootings in the Wrigleyville area than around Comiskey Park. Yeah, Lake View is a fuckin' deathtrap. I'll never forget the gangland shootings that went down outside the Ann Sather at Clark and Belmont. |
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| Author: | Mini Ditka [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:31 pm ] |
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Wouldn't the fact that there are more people in the Wrigleyville area automatically make for more shootings as there are more people to shoot? |
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| Author: | Mini Ditka [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is the Cell in a Safe Area? |
Did the destruction of the Robert Taylor Homes help the Sox fans feel safer? |
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:38 pm ] |
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Mini Ditka wrote: Did the destruction of the Robert Taylor Homes help the Sox fans feel safer? Where were those at? I have only been a fan of the Sox since August of 2005.
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is the Cell in a Safe Area? |
Frank Coztansa wrote: Mini Ditka wrote: Did the destruction of the Robert Taylor Homes help the Sox fans feel safer? Where were those at? I have only been a fan of the Sox since August of 2005.Good of you to make it thru that near collpase in August and Sept!! |
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| Author: | Mini Ditka [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:40 pm ] |
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Frank Coztansa wrote: Mini Ditka wrote: Did the destruction of the Robert Taylor Homes help the Sox fans feel safer? Where were those at? I have only been a fan of the Sox since August of 2005.Haha! The other side of the Dan Ryan from the park. |
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| Author: | Rod [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is the Cell in a Safe Area? |
Terry's Peeps lives in the area. That mere fact means it's a very dangerous neighborhood. |
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| Author: | Terry's Peeps [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:35 pm ] |
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote: Terry's Peeps lives in the area. That mere fact means it's a very dangerous neighborhood. Damn straight. |
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| Author: | lipidquadcab [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is the Cell in a Safe Area? |
During my 4 hour adventure through Chicago in 2009, one of my dozen or so attempts to find the entrance to the Hyatt on the river led me to taking the highway all the way down to the cell...during my time driving around to find a way back on the interstate, I never felt any more unsafe than I would have in other areas... |
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| Author: | Mini Ditka [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 8:25 pm ] |
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lipidquadcab wrote: During my 4 hour adventure through Chicago in 2009, one of my dozen or so attempts to find the entrance to the Hyatt on the river led me to taking the highway all the way down to the cell...during my time driving around to find a way back on the interstate, I never felt any more unsafe than I would have in other areas... But isn't that what going to the city is all about (i.e. being afraid of black people)? |
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| Author: | Bagels [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 8:40 pm ] |
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i'm very afraid of black people...thanks for reminding me Mini Ditka |
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| Author: | Colonel Angus [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:42 pm ] |
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This family figured out a way to be safe around the Cell:
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| Author: | Hank Scorpio [ Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:46 pm ] |
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Colonel Angus wrote: This family figured out a way to be safe around the Cell: A young Elmhurst couple shows off their new sweaters picked out by their young son Steven. |
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| Author: | Makalu G [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:59 am ] |
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Lotta Chinese people near the 'cell... |
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| Author: | Terry's Peeps [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:06 am ] |
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Makalu G wrote: Lotta Chinese people near the 'cell... Drivin' their Toyotas and Hyundais... |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:22 am ] |
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Mini Ditka wrote: lipidquadcab wrote: During my 4 hour adventure through Chicago in 2009, one of my dozen or so attempts to find the entrance to the Hyatt on the river led me to taking the highway all the way down to the cell...during my time driving around to find a way back on the interstate, I never felt any more unsafe than I would have in other areas... But isn't that what going to the city is all about (i.e. being afraid of black people)? ...the fuck? |
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| Author: | doug - evergreen park [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is the Cell in a Safe Area? |
RFDC wrote: A couple years ago my brother made a wrong turn leaving the ball park and had a cinder block thrown through his back glass. Just thankful no one was sitting back there. Someone threw a 30lb block of concrete? |
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| Author: | bigfan [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:36 pm ] |
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If you park in a lot at the cell, you never walk in a neighborhood anyways. |
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| Author: | Crystal Lake Hoffy [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is the Cell in a Safe Area? |
The neighborhood around U.S. Cellular Field is relatively good. There are bad sections, just like you would find around other stadiums built in downtown areas. I think that the United Center neighborhood was much more dangerous to walk around until a few years back. |
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| Author: | bigfan [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:52 pm ] |
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Ask LOHo about this? |
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| Author: | Crystal Lake Hoffy [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:53 pm ] |
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bigfan wrote: Ask LOHo about this? Check his blog, bro! |
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| Author: | Rod [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:00 pm ] |
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Crystal Lake Hoffy wrote: I think that the United Center neighborhood was much more dangerous to walk around until a few years back. I have an office almost right across the street. It sure is different than when I was a kid. But there are a lot of halfway houses in the neighborhood. A guy who they had staying at a Catholic one just west of me killed again this summer. I'm pretty sure George Ryan is a new neighbor at the one on Ashland and Monroe. I'm gonna see if I can buy him lunch at Wallace's Catfish Corner before he heads back to Kankakee. |
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| Author: | Zizou [ Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:19 pm ] |
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I don't even drive on the Dan Ryan. What if my car breaks down in a "black" area? |
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| Author: | good dolphin [ Fri Sep 07, 2012 8:14 am ] |
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doug - evergreen park wrote: RFDC wrote: A couple years ago my brother made a wrong turn leaving the ball park and had a cinder block thrown through his back glass. Just thankful no one was sitting back there. Someone threw a 30lb block of concrete? that man turned out to be Michael Clark Duncan...and that is the rest of the story |
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| Author: | doug - evergreen park [ Fri Sep 07, 2012 8:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Is the Cell in a Safe Area? |
Crystal Lake Hoffy wrote: The neighborhood around U.S. Cellular Field is relatively good. There are bad sections, just like you would find around other stadiums built in downtown areas. I think that the United Center neighborhood was much more dangerous to walk around until a few years back. I'd say it's still a more dangerous an area. |
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