The Official Chicago Discussion Thread

[jwinfield]

at this Lollapaolooza lineup

1. The Weeknd
2. Tame Impala
   
3. A$AP Rocky
   
4. Kid Cudi
5. Flying Lotus
6. Tyler, The Creator
   
7. FKA twigs
8. Banks
9. Toro Y Moi
10. SZA
11. BADBADNOTGOOD
12. Lion Babe
13. Mick Jenkins

http://www.lollapalooza.com/2015-lineup/

I like these artists.

 

[ManBearPig]

The cops pulling everybody over from left to right

 

[ManBearPig]

About time Chicago on snapchat

 

[beenz]

Divy bikes now available in Englewood

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150428/englewood/divvy-bikes-now-englewood

They're putting them on 69th and halsted, which is a good look since that's right down the street from where Kennedy King College is and where they are building a whole foods.

They're also on 55th and halsted

Says also they're gonna put them on 63rd and Wentworth (by the Red Line)

And 69th and Perry (by the Red Line also)

 

[ManBearPig]

Divy bikes now available in Englewood

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150428/englewood/divvy-bikes-now-englewood

They're putting them on 69th and halsted, which is a good look since that's right down the street from where Kennedy King College is and where they are building a whole foods.

They're also on 55th and halsted

Says also they're gonna put them on 63rd and Wentworth (by the Red Line)

And 69th and Perry (by the Red Line also)

I've never used those in my life. I haven't rode a bike since 2004 and might never ride one ever again.

I should've been on one on the day I got jump by some four corner hustlers

 

[toomanydoses]

I asked this earlier. I'm moving g to Chicago for a job in like 2 weeks from Florida. What are OK areas that I could spend less than a stack a month in rent. IDC about normal street crime shyt, just don't wanna move into a war zone.

 

[beenz]

I've never used those in my life. I haven't rode a bike since 2004 and might never ride one ever again.

I should've been on one on the day I got jump by some four corner hustlers

I have my own bike, so I don't use divy. but I haven't rode my bike on the south side in a few years now.

 

[beenz]

I asked this earlier. I'm moving g to Chicago for a job in like 2 weeks from Florida. What are OK areas that I could spend less than a stack a month in rent. IDC about normal street crime shyt, just don't wanna move into a war zone.

rent in chicago is skyrocketing. and you can blame all the new yuppies for this that are all moving close to downtown. Here's an article that talks about it:

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150401/downtown/median-rent-price-for-1br-chicago-1760-report-says

CHICAGO — The median monthly rental cost for a one bedroom apartment in Chicago in March was $1,760, according to a new report.

Of the 29 neighborhoods examined, the Near North Side was the most expensive, at $2,140 for a one-bedroom unit, according to the rental web site zumper.com. The least expensive was Grand Crossing, at $680 per month.

The city wide median rent for a two-bedroom was $2,370, the zumper.com report said. Compared to February, one-bedroom rents were up 5.4 percent. Quarter to quarter, rents were down 1.1 percent.

Nationally, Chicago was ranked seventh in the nation among big cities. Number one was San Francisco, with a median one-bedroom rent of $3,400 and $4,580 for a two-bedroom unit, zumper said. New York was number two, at $3,000 and $3,580.

The figures are based on rents of units offered on its website. The median rental price means that half of the units cost more and half cost less.

 

[ManBearPig]

I asked this earlier. I'm moving g to Chicago for a job in like 2 weeks from Florida. What are OK areas that I could spend less than a stack a month in rent. IDC about normal street crime shyt, just don't wanna move into a war zone.

The north side in general isn't bad. U get to be around all those bars/clubs with those "I wanna party" ass white girl in the areas east of Cicero. The western part of the Northside is pretty boring. Very family oriented but I'm sure u gotta car. U might be near John Wayne Gacy old house location too if u decided to move there

 

[beenz]

The north side in general isn't bad. U get to be around all those bars/clubs with those "I wanna party" ass white girl in the areas east of Cicero. The western part of the Northside is pretty boring. Very family oriented but I'm sure u gotta car. U might be near John Wayne Gacy old house location too if u decided to move there

If he has a car, I wouldn't wanna be up north. there's no parking. I'd rather live in bronzeville/grand boulevard, oakland, or kenwood. parking is much more abundant, and you're equally close to downtown as being up north with public transportation access as well.

hyde park is cool, but you're gonna run into issue with no parking or lack of parking most likely.

 

[toomanydoses]

I'm not moving with a car, and that vibe doesn't mesh well with me. And I've read that shyts horrendous during Cubs season. I'd like to live near a park also. If I have close access to the blue line would I be able to get around the city easily?
And I would have the chills if I had to pass that mans house. I live near Danny Rollings house now, gives me the creeps.
Are Humboldt and Garfield park hood?

The north side in general isn't bad. U get to be around all those bars/clubs with those "I wanna party" ass white girl in the areas east of Cicero. The western part of the Northside is pretty boring. Very family oriented but I'm sure u gotta car. U might be near John Wayne Gacy old house location too if u decided to move there

 

[ManBearPig]

I'm not moving with a car, and that vibe doesn't mesh well with me. And I've read that shyts horrendous during Cubs season. I'd like to live near a park also. If I have close access to the blue line would I be able to get around the city easily?
And I would have the chills if I had to pass that mans house. I live near Danny Rollings house now, gives me the creeps.
Are Humboldt and Garfield park hood? The homes in the

Garfield is ghetto but u just gotta use common sense. The buses stop running at midnight so I wouldn't make a habit of walking home from the Green line or blue line if the walk to your spot is beyond a mile past midnight.

Humboldt got rough and nice parts.

 

[beenz]

I'm not moving with a car, and that vibe doesn't mesh well with me. And I've read that shyts horrendous during Cubs season. I'd like to live near a park also. If I have close access to the blue line would I be able to get around the city easily?
And I would have the chills if I had to pass that mans house. I live near Danny Rollings house now, gives me the creeps.
Are Humboldt and Garfield park hood?

garfield park is on the west side, just west of the united center. still kinda hood. it won't cost a lot to live there. You wouldn't be near the blue line, but likely closer to the green line. I wouldn't really recommend that for u.

why do you need to be near the blue line? any train line will get you around the city fast if you are close to one. and if you work downtown, the green line takes you downtown just as well as the blue.

humboldt park is predominantly ricans. It's kinda hood, or kinda going thru regentrification depending on which part you live since it borders wicker park to the east, which is a very hipster type area.

humboldt park won't put you near the blue line at all tho, but you can easily get around that area cuz there are buses everywhere

 

[beenz]

a cheaper alternative, if you wanna live near downtown is pilsen. that area is predominantly mexican, but it's regentrifying as well. you would be by the pink line, which also takes you downtown. from what I have seen of the housing cost, I assume rentals in that area would be more reasonable.

 

[beenz]

another alternative would be to live in Oak Park. that is the first suburb to the west of chicago. it has blue and green line access, but you will be safe walking at night for the most part, and will only be 15-20 min from downtown via train.