If Your Argument For Why Chicago Sucks Is That There Are A Lot Of Murders Then You’ve Either Never Been Here Or Are A Simple Minded Moron
So I’ve been meaning to write this blog for a while but this morning Mo wrote about our Police department and how crazy the Chicago murder rate is. Saying ” there are places (Chicago) where the murder rate is so high the police no longer have time to respond to burglaries and stolen cars”. First of all, Philadelphia’s murder rater is higher than Chicago’s. That’s not opinion either. That’s fact. Proven. In fact there are 15 cities that have higher murder rates than Chicago. (2012 hasn’t been released yet but I guarantee the muder rate will be very similar).
But that wasn’t Mo’s real point. His point was that its fucked up our Cops can’t deal with other crime because there are so many murders, which I agree with, that is fucked up. But here’s the thing. The perception that Chicago is some dying city where everyone murders each other and people can’t walk around without fearing for their life could not be farther from the truth. Yet everyday that’s like the number 1 argument by Chicago Haters. It makes no sense.
Is the murder rate a problem? Of course it is. But Chicago is the third biggest city in America. If Chicago was a country it would be bigger than half of the countries in the world. Murders are going to happen. Police are going to be stretched thin. Its part of being a gigantic city with millions of people. But that doesn’t mean the city is the next Detroit or that Afghanistan is safer (people actually say this). Yes, there are terrible neighborhoods but every single big city in America has terrible neighborhoods. I wouldn’t go to Compton in LA, or Mattapan or Dorchester in Boston, or Hunts Point or South Bronx in New York City, or West Philly at night. Just like I wouldn’t go to Englewood or Garfield Park or Washington Park at night. Never have I felt unsafe in Chicago. Just because some numbers say we had the most murders last year doesn’t mean the City is some unsafe war zone. That line of thinking is absolutely moronic. It would be like saying I don’t fly on planes because a 747 crashed in Russia last year. Literally no different. Taking one piece of information and making a general statement about an entire city. Beyond Stupid.
And for anyone who hasn’t been to Chicago, honestly come visit. I have never heard one person say they had a bad time here. No joke. Every person who has come to this city loves everything about it. Just don’t come in January.
PS
Hopefully this isn’t like last month when I said my immune system was amazing then got the flu the very next week.
How about seeing Renee in an interracial porn featuring Sam Hurd and Chief Keef
I’m amazed someone read one of Mo’s blogs.
the only thing i took away from this blog was you confirming there is a very high murder rate
so you get that its news because theres a rise in the murder rate, and then you come in here with old stats? I understand murders happen but your stock is droppin bro
Then explain how the two biggest cities in the country are not on that list? If it’s due to “population”.
but seriously being a better city than philly is like being the smartest kid in special ed
No, the reason Chicago sucks is because it is in the Midwest. Everyone is fat, overly friendly, and stupid nice. Oh, and fucking Neil lives there.
When kids get robbed in Boston, the police come. That’s what civilized cities do.
Soon enough all the bad people will kill each other off and Chicago will be a good city again.
Comparing yourself to the worst of the worst does not make you good in comparison.
The numbers in the far right column is a percentage you fucking babboon. Chicago is almost twice the size as the next largest city on that list.
Chicago has the highest murder rate of any Alpah(read large) city in the FUCKING WORLD.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/The-Deadliest-Global-City-163874546.html
Chicago is the Camden of the Midwest.
You guys need another great fire. Then you can rebuild so the cops respond to felonies again.
Grew up in the Boston area and moved to Chicago almost 4 years ago. Boston Sports and fans > Chicago sports and fans. Overall city, including girls, nightlife, dining, social shit Chicago is far superior to Boston.
i have visited chicago and loved it. amazing city. i have to admit it was weird hearing 9 people were shot in the 4 days i was there. but the good news in only 3 of them died.
I’d rather live in Chicago than live 45 minutes outside of Boston and pretend I’m from a city because I go to 4 Red Sox games a year.
Illinois is a shit hole.
what smokee said. learn how to read statistics you moron
“I wouldn’t go to Compton in LA, or Mattapan or Dorchester in Boston, or Hunts Point or South Bronx in New York City, or West Philly at night.”
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Translation: “I want to live, so I will stay away from black neighborhoods.”
I agree with DTGML. Chicago sports fans have the lowest IQ of any City. But Chicago as a City is fucking amazing.
Your boss lives in Dorchester.
Can’t rationalize cops being stretched this thin bud. If my house is being robbed and some guy has a gun to my face I want police to come, thats usually what happens anywhere else.
People in Boston think it’s some world-class mega-city…truth is it’s about the size of Milwaukee.
Chicago sucks because it is run by a corrupt, democratic machine, it’s citizens get ass raped by taxes, the city is overrun by gangs, the place is fucking filthy, it’s fucking freezing, the lake is contaminated by medical waste, The Cubs, Vienna Beef tastes like shit, Richard Daley, Rahm Emmanuel, Barack Obama, Chicago Style Pizza sucks, the fire department all think they’re fucking rock stars, the cops are all hardos, Jackson Park, they framed Dr. Richard Kimble, no good band has ever come out of there (and don’t even try to counter with Styx), everyone in the city is fat, the bars suck, the colleges suck, they stopped the South Side Irish Parade, the downtown parade is for fucking amateurs, Barstool Chicago is fucking awful! The murders are merely a symptom of the overall shit factor!
White Chicagoan here. Stay off drugs, away from gangs, and out of shitty neighborhoods-do all 3 and you can live peacefully in one of the greatest cities out there. Pretty simple, idiots.
I went to chicago in the summer like 1.5 years ago 101 fucking degrees sweat so much vowed never to go back
well every batshit conservative would disagree with you, and even though i despise them, this time they may be right.
Chicago is a hell hole, but at least it’s not Philly…
It seems like people agree that chicago is a great city but our fans aren’t as good as others. Anybody else see that correlation?
@tommyboysnuka you realize you can live 45 mins outside boston and still be closer to downtown boston than many many parts of chicago right?
is the violent crime stat “not applicable” for Chicago because they lost count or just dont respond to them unless someone got capped?
Legalize Pot. It’s a start.
Chicago – THEE Greatest City
…and just far enough away from all the douche-bags on the coasts.
@yiseveryonesofuckingstupid I am not going to speak for fans from other cities… but Chicago fans are fucking dumb. I have a hard time believing another fan base would overrate their players/teams more. I remember not long ago being trashed for not thinking Hester was untradeable for ANYONE. Yea… they actually were trying to say he has more impact than anyone (I chose Calvin Johnson at the time cause I thought it would be an ‘easy’ win… they didn’t see it that way.).
@5minmajor – the difference between Boston and Milwaukee is that Boston actually is a world-class city with great schools, hospitals, biotech industry, historical landmarks, ect. Milwaukee has fat people who eat too much cheese. Also Boston proper is about half the size of Milwaukee so people who dont technically live in Boston are still closer to downtown than many Milwaukee residents are. A better way to look at it would be by media market size – Boston is #7 in the US, Milwaukee is #35.
Smokee – no, that’s not what that number on the right means, you fucking dummy. The number on the right is murders per 10,000 people. So for every 10,000 people in the city, on average 15.9 people get murdered per year.
I love Chicago, but we got to face facts. It’s embarrassing that there are so many murders here for a world-class city. Rahm rather stop a Chick-Fil-A from coming here than stop the violence. Gangs these days have no leaders so the kids just shoot at rival gangs and don’t care who they hit.
Smokee – no, that’s not what that number on the right means, you fucking dummy. The number on the right is murders per 10,000 people. So for every 10,000 people in the city, on average 15.9 people get murdered per year.
Sample size/100,000(it’s 100,000 not 10,000 dildo) is still a percentage.
This list is a joke because it is not based on the metro area, just the city limits. Of course, even if you take the metro area stats, I think the top 5 remain the top 5. PS: notice how DC has plummeted in the rankings thanks to the fact people can now legally pack?
regardless of the actual ranking this is a list of cities nobody should want to be associated with
You wanna know where Stoolies that read this blog live? On the lake, north of the city, where there are almost no murders. Look at the map that shows all 2012 shootings, fatal shootings and other homicides. The average IQ of you fuckers has to be about 25.
http://www.businessinsider.com/this-map-of-chicagos-2012-homicides-shows-what-its-like-to-have-dozens-of-shootings-every-weekend-2012-7
So I missed a zero, but that makes it an even smaller percentage. It’s not 15.9% like I’m sure you thought (dummy), it’s 0.0159% And look at the map I just posted. You probably live in fucking Cleveland.
smokee, you’re wrong. the point is that its a rate. mo said Chicago has such a crazy murder rate and that wiki picture shows its not even the highest in the country.
The blacks wipe each other out. No one goes East of the Ryan unless they have African ancestors.
As for all the East Coasters on this site, let’s take a look at your Drivers License- how many of you are actually from the cities you represent?
So I missed a zero, but that makes it an even smaller percentage. It’s not 15.9% like I’m sure you thought (dummy), it’s 0.0159% And look at the map I just posted. You probably live in fucking Cleveland.
Your original point was that the column wasn’t a percentage.
Chicago= MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
Btw i live in cuntbag.
you guys are retarded. The downtown area of Chicago is one of the safest in the world. The majority of these murders are in the outlying neighborhoods that no self respecting, hard working person would go. Its two different worlds. The real world that 99% of humanity lives in and the gang and and drug filled world in a few south side and west side neighborhoods. So if you’re too scared to come to Chicago then stay the fuck out. We don’t want you here anyway.
Sounds like a lot of Boston people have a Chicago inferiority complex. It would suck living in a city that is comparable to one of our “cool” suburbs.
Latinos are killing each other too.
Smokee – the column IS NOT a percentage. It’s a rate, just like urlacherchi and I said. If it was a percentage, it would’ve said 0.0159%. Keep studying for the ACT, little guy. And if you somehow made it through college and are planning to take the GMAT, give up now, because Grad School is not in your future.
Yes – parts of Chicago are bad and probably the worst in the country – this is where Mo would probably live. Most stoolies probably live in some of the safest neighborhoods in the country (in barstool cities).
Don’t why Boston people are coming here dissing the city, go back to wishing you were New York City.
smokee, you’re wrong. the point is that its a rate. mo said Chicago has such a crazy murder rate and that wiki picture shows its not even the highest in the country.
urlacherchi
Mo’s point was along the lines of Chicago’s murder rate is along the same lines as many other large american cities when in fact, the NUMBER(enough with the percentages) of murders was higher than NYC which is almost 4 times larger in population than chicago, and more than twice the amount of murders as LA County, which has a million more people
Chicago is the “Tale of Two Cities”. Segregated gang areas on the south and west sides, then everyone else.
I hope people know that there are White, Latino, and Asian people live on the Southside too.
The fact that people even mention boston in the same breath as chicago is absurd. Boston is a city with small man syndrome. There the 5″ kid you know who always needs to try and act the coolest and toughest cause really they suck. Boston is just a glorified suburb. Its pretty simple dont go south or southwest and its best city in the country. We are actually smart because we have pushed all the minority gangbangers out of the main metro and into the south to kill each other, which is fine by me
why is it so hard for the blacks to find neils moms basement to “pop a cap in his ass” if the murder rate is so high…get on it
BARAWK HOOSHANE OSHAMA IS FROM CHICAGO… …. .. .
its cool all those murders are from black gangbangers, no harm no foul to society
According to some of you baboons it’s area in square miles that makes a city great? That puts Jacksonville and Oklahoma City as the top 2 U.S cities.
@crazycarl – you think Chicago is “actually smart because you pushed all the minority gangbangers out of the main metro area”? do you think Chicago revolutionized that idea or something? its pretty much been that way for decades in evety major city in the US idiot. unless you think Soho = Harlem or Back Bay = Dorchester.
What’s a Boston? I picture that city full of poor, drunk, Irish pieces of shit who shower maybe once a month.
Calling people out for living in the burbs is a hardo move. Everyone has to grow up at some point and move out of their studio apartment or move on from having roommates. If you think living in the city where your team is located makes you a better fan your a fool and probably still on your parent’s insurance.
I bet Afghanistan is safer than that shithole Chicago
I moved to Chicago from Boston. The girls are hotter and nicer, the rent is cheaper, the bars are open later, weather is comparable. I’ve been shot an equal number of times in both cities.
Green Bay is safe.
Chicago where all the white kids are hipsters and all the blacks are gangbangers
wait smoke thinks 57 percent of the people in lousiana get murdered?
I was just there in September. Real nice city. Granted there were a lot more crazy people than Boston. I guess that’s to be expected since it’s 10x the size of Boston.
That blog was as interesting as watching old people fuck.
Chicago is ass cheeks bro
FUCK BOSTON
Chicago is a good time. I rather be in Chicago than Philly, anywhere in NJ, or NYC. NYC is a fucking toilet.
So now you’re a statistician with a table from Wikipedia and everything? “Chicago is the third biggest city in America . . . police are going to be stretched thin.” Then you go on KFC’s stupid radio show and say that police actually respond to muggings in Boston because the city is so small. Chicago has roughly six times the number of police officers as Boston, but is less than three times the size. Explain that you simple minded moron.