>>1976586There's some bad areas south of the loop but overall it's pretty much like any other city. Leaving a nice bike tied to a post all day with a $20 lock isn't a bright idea, but you're not going to get gang raped by the Lord's Resistance Army as soon as you step off the plane, the way /pol/tards think will happen any time the population density exceeds 1 person per square mile
t. lived there for a few years, now in NYC