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- Robbed in Garfield Park Chicago 2024A married Mexican couple now lives in the western suburbs with their teenage daughter. They didn’t make a lot of money, and when hard times hit, they do doordash for money. They saw the surge prices in the Austin and Garfield Park neighborhood. Most people from those neighborhoods go to the suburbs or white neighborhoodsContinue reading “Robbed in Garfield Park Chicago 2024”
- Brighton Park Chicago Times
On the South side of 51st street a couple blocks West of western Avenue lived a young Mexican kid. He was maybe 25 years old or so. I told him that I lived a couple blocks away from there at 5005 South Artesian in Chicago back in the early 90s. He said that it wasContinue reading “Brighton Park Chicago Times” - Sister’s on DrugsA third generation German descent girl has her sister live with her on the Western end of Chicago. She’s a waitress. Her sister doesn’t work, rather she screws around with various men from the Internet and does various drugs that make her not so easy to live with. Before she let her troubled sister moveContinue reading “Sister’s on Drugs”
- Retired Man of McKinley Park to Garfield Ridge ChicagoAn older guy that now lives in Garfield Ridge gave me a five hour speech about his time in Chicago. We grew up in the same neighborhood, although he moved out of his parents house by the time I was born, actually about a year after. He says there were no drugs and gang problemsContinue reading “Retired Man of McKinley Park to Garfield Ridge Chicago”
- Mexican in McKinley Park
My dad claimed to be one of the first Mexicans to live on Paulina Street in the 1970s. He used to deal weed, coke, and heroin, running around with another Mexican guy who moved in down the block around the same time. Life was different in McKinley Park back then. Bars lined almost every crossContinue reading “Mexican in McKinley Park” - Puerto Rican Liked the Polish Establishments in Little Village Chicago
He moved out in 1989. Moved to Arizona. He keeps in contact with a few friends in the old neighborhood. He can’t believe how bad it has become in the Chicago Little Village neighborhood. He says that there was trouble before, but not like today. There used to be a lot of Polish and otherContinue reading “Puerto Rican Liked the Polish Establishments in Little Village Chicago” - Gun Shots Are Easily Ignored in the Austin NeighborhoodShirley is almost 51 years old. She grew up in the Austin neighborhood. A couple of her daughters live with her. She says that the neighborhood is not what it used to be. She advises me not to walk around the Austin neighborhood without backup with me. I asked her how she liked living thereContinue reading “Gun Shots Are Easily Ignored in the Austin Neighborhood”
- Addiction and Edison Park Sanitarium History
Streets were once lined with fruit trees and evergreens that sat in front of lots and houses that sold for a few thousand dollars. In the year 1912, a bungalow sold for $4,400. It was the first electrified area of the Chicagoland area. They even had the first streetlights in the area. Edison Park hadContinue reading “Addiction and Edison Park Sanitarium History” - It’s too Dangerous In Chicago
A youth from the back of the yards neighborhood lived there for half his life, originally from the Little Village neighborhood. He said Chicago is dangerous. “I don’t think it’s a good idea for you to walk around here.” He says that he hears shootings every now and then in the back of the yardsContinue reading “It’s too Dangerous In Chicago” - Back of the Yards Chicago AttemptHave you ever wondered what shapes the essence of a Chicago neighborhood? What was it like then, and is it still gang infested now? Who were those Lithuanians living in the Back of the Yards neighborhood in Chicago, why did they leave? Now Latin Americans(and some undocumented ) shape the future. All the taverns, brothels,Continue reading “Back of the Yards Chicago Attempt”
The Essence of Chicagoland Areas 