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Oh … What Used To Be !

For those who might be unaware both my wife and myself are from the Chicago area. I was actually born within the confines of the windy city (St. Anne’s Hospital), and lived on the west side of Chicago until I was a junior in high school. I worked multiple jobs in the city … working at a can factory to earn money for college, driving a cab while in med school, and finally interning at the infamous Cook County Hospital. In the last ten years we went back to visit downtown Chicago multiple times … to celebrate an anniversary, another time to enjoy the city in autumn, and yet another time to show three of our grandchildren the sites of a wonderful big city. Over the years we  have contributed to the city coffers by spending a fair amount of money there. At one point we actually considered purchasing a time share at the Drake Hotel on Michigan Avenue.

However, no more. The city of Chicago is officially off of our list. … Why?

Basically it has become too dangerous, because it is too soft on crime, and too anti-police. Additionally Chicago’s new ultra progressive leftist mayor will only make things worse.

Although I will consider flying in and out of Milwaukee, at present, I will fly in and out of one of the two Chicago airports to visit friends and relatives in the northern suburbs where it is safe to walk around.

My present feelings about Chicago came to mind when I read an editorial from the San Francisco Chronicle bemoaning the future fate of San Francisco, which has a progressive Democratic mayor, London Breed, and a just recently recalled left-wing District Attorney Chesa Boudin, who was accused of taking a soft-on-crime approach. Furthermore, in the early morning hours of 4/4/23 Cash App founder Bob Lee was stabbed to death in an affluent part of the city.

I used to enjoy visiting San Francisco, but like Chicago, it is now off my list! Que sera, sera.

4/13/23

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