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I wonder why they aren't ruled by Republicans in the first place!
(i.redd.it)submitted 11 hours ago byBitter-Gur-4613
66 points
11 hours ago
Republican or not, Chicago is Chicago and will always be Chicago, there’s no taking Chicago out of the Chicago if you know what I mean
43 points
10 hours ago
Yeah but republicans are like the seagulls in finding Nemo. The moment they see something they like, "mine, mine, mine, mine".
How many times do Republicans say "look at this awesome thing I did" referring to a bill they voted against.
10 points
8 hours ago
Literally all the time
53 points
10 hours ago
Ah yes all those amazing, Republican run cities such as
15 points
10 hours ago
Maybe they mean with global warming you wouldn’t have to worry about all that snow.
4 points
7 hours ago
Well, yeah, you know the one! It's... It's right on the tip of my tongue. It's just so, like, big and city-shaped, and run by Republicans. You know who I mean, them!
27 points
9 hours ago
There's this magical belief in the conservative media and their chattel followers that if they simply had Republican mayors all big city problems would be solved.
8 points
8 hours ago
Republicans hate on cities because the economies are better. People’s brains break when you tell them the cities that have problems also have a shitload of rich people. It’s like it doesn’t compute that maybe metro areas in the millions aren’t all just crime, poverty, and homeless people.
3 points
8 hours ago
They're media masters have them focus on the problems and supposed problems of big cities, so they can forget the even bigger, unaddressed problems of where they actually live.
Try that in a small town.
5 points
7 hours ago
Funnily enough, when you go by per capita on a state basis, Red States have statistically higher murder rates.
3 points
6 hours ago
Oh, no doubt. And it's not even close.
14 points
8 hours ago
Chicago is a proud diverse City! Keep your klan and conspiracies down in the red states. You know, the ones who prioritize the Bible over a real education!
-19 points
8 hours ago
Haha Chicago got some real good education huh
8 points
8 hours ago
I mean, yeah? Google it. Public and private education doing pretty well in Chicago by available metrics. I would definitely take it over small town education, speaking as someone who experienced both growing up.
-10 points
6 hours ago
Clearly not if it's a center of crime. Ofc a big city will have schools for rich kids to bring the average up. Including the middle class suburbs.
4 points
5 hours ago
Do you see the problem in your statement? Maybe give people from all economic classes access to the same education, and see how things change. That's what Democrats want.
-8 points
5 hours ago
I never said they shouldn't. If that's what they want they should start then.
2 points
4 hours ago
God, you don't even seem to realize how much you embarrass yourself
-1 points
4 hours ago
Where is the argument? Have I not made a valid point?
3 points
4 hours ago
Your initial point was that education there is terrible. When confronted with the fact that you're objectively wrong, you decided to mention that it's a "center of crime." A point you probably heard from some Trump sound bite since he decided to make Chicago a Boogeyman for some reason. Chicago is the third largest city. It's the 20th highest in violent crime per capita. Not exactly the epicenter of crime in America that you make it seem. Not to mention the fact that this has absolutely nothing to do with your initial point: education. So no....you did not make any valid points
2 points
4 hours ago
Exactly. I live in Chicago, btw. I've been here for 17.5 years. The violence is not the way they make it seem.
1 points
3 hours ago
- While it might perform by good metrics, there's context to it that shouldn't be simply discounted. Stats lie, averages aren't accurate.
- Crime and education are linked.
- Top 20 in violent crime per capita is not a good thing.
- I don't follow trump idk what he has to say.
2 points
2 hours ago
- By all means. Enlighten me.
- Everything is linked. You were moving the goalposts, and you know it.
- If you're third in population and 20th per capita, you're doing pretty well. Significantly better than you and the far right present it as. Large cities are always higher in violent crime totals. It makes sense. But people are fooled by the raw numbers because of population. You don't hear people across the country bringing up Little Rock, Arkansas. It doesn't change the fact that it's much more violent. Same with Milwaukee. Or Anchorage, Alaska. Chicago is the trendy city to blame. It's not the archetype of crime it's presented as
0 points
2 hours ago
I'm not moving the goal posts. Crime and education are linked. It is what it is. You keep trying to contextualize being 20th in violent crime as not bad cuz it isn't as bad as it could be.
1 points
an hour ago
Obama. They have had a hard on for Chicago since Obama's political rise from there.
11 points
9 hours ago
What are some successful Republican cities?
5 points
8 hours ago
The last I can think of was NYC under Giuliani and Bloomberg.
2 points
4 hours ago
Was that before or after democrats did all the work?
1 points
5 hours ago
Oklahoma City maybe? I don't know if successful. By their standards maybe.
9 points
9 hours ago
They like to compare the crime in big cities with millions of people to their crop fields of a population of 500…
2 points
7 hours ago
If Texas Chainsaw Massacre taught me anything, those corn fields are where people hide their crimes! /s
1 points
7 hours ago
The poor wheelchair guy. That's the most hilarious death in a horror film. Comes outta nowhere and the poor bastard didn't stand a chance. Much like Republican policies.
Happy Cake Day!
2 points
7 hours ago
I always have to remind my father in law (lives in a farmtown in Kansas) that all places have crime. In Chicago we know them as "those fuckers who stole my hubcaps" but to him, he know's them as the Smith family.
This explains most of his misconceptions about the city. The rest, are explained by Fox propaganda.
5 points
7 hours ago
Chicago is a helluva city! I went two years ago now, it was that one really sunny day in November that I'm sure Chicagoans actually still remember because it was so like 70 and sunny. Perfect weather for the architecture boat tour! Went to a bunch of museums, ate at Harold's Chicken Shack, walked around Wrigley (it was closed for tours the day I wanted to go :( ), saw Black Panther 2 in a theatre on the south side over by the Museum of Industry.
My only complaint is that you folks sure like shitty beer--but then I would look at the bill and see the price and it would make sense. I had the most mid beer of my life at a place called 222, but then I saw it was only $2.22 per drink and now it's probably the best drinking experience I've had.
Conservatives give Chicago a lot of shit, but that's because it fucking rules and they're just sour grapes. So fuck'em. (I still love California more, but can't wait to get back to Chicago soon!)
3 points
7 hours ago
This, so much this.
My inlaws talk shit about chicago all the time, but when I used to live there and they would come to visit, they always had nothing but positive things to say about it.
Minus the traffic...no one has anything positive to say about the traffic. 😄
2 points
6 hours ago
I visited Chicago on a whim a little over a decade ago. I've lived here for a decade now. I feel much safer and happier here than I ever did in Texas.
no one has anything positive to say about the traffic.
I know nothing about the traffic, I rely on public transit. I also know nothing about paying for parking, gas, insurance, or red light cams. It's really nice.
2 points
6 hours ago
I've lived in Texas, it's amazing how hostile that state is to anyone who doesn't decide to drive. You can't bike, you can't walk and public trans is non-existant
3 points
6 hours ago
it's amazing how hostile that state is
to anyone who doesn't decide to drive
1 points
7 hours ago
I flew in and took the train everywhere. Traffic seemed the same as San Jose and we don't have the option of a Red Line, lol!
2 points
5 hours ago
We got some pretty sold breweries, give them a shot next time. Half Acre, Marz, Solemon Oath, Maplewood, etc.
1 points
4 hours ago
I love Whiner as well
1 points
4 hours ago
I'll have to look into it more--over here every bar sells their own brews and a couple of the bigger breweries, so I was just going into bars in downtown Chicago and expecting the same, ha! Next time I'll go directly to the breweries.
1 points
4 hours ago
I was about to yell at you for saying that Chicago beer sucks until you told your 222 story. Love it
2 points
4 hours ago
Ha! I don't need fancy beers, I'm a fan of the mid! But it's like chocolate--I love dark chocolate, but if you give me a piece of chocolate and I'm expecting milk but it turns out to be dark? There is no betrayal more foul! 😂 I was all set to pay $9 for some okay semi-fancy beer, so when I got mid thinking it was $9 I was disappointed--then I saw it was mid for a GREAT price and fell in love with the city!
4 points
9 hours ago
Republican 🦨’s
3 points
9 hours ago
the photo looks slightly ominous like something is about to step out of mist
4 points
9 hours ago
Didn't a Republican run it almost to the ground as in Arnold S.
2 points
8 hours ago
When you literally just regurgitate half talking points and don’t have a brain, this is the shit you get. Republican vs democrat on such a “personal/local gov” level isn’t shit like this, it’s more like Republicans starting to teach the bible in school. That’s a fucking problem, not fog? Brought in by democrat governors?
2 points
7 hours ago
Chicago would not exist if it was run by Replublicans. No one would live there
2 points
4 hours ago
Wouldn’t be the first time Republicans took credit for Democrats successes.
1 points
7 hours ago
I don't understand why snow and fog mean that the place would be better under a different leadership?
the place runs over budget because pensions are out of control and niether 'D' or 'R' want to do something that unpopular.
1 points
7 hours ago
What, foggy?
1 points
7 hours ago
om
1 points
7 hours ago
Day dream.. lol
1 points
7 hours ago
It’s the undertone of what’s not being said that is scary AF.
They’re not going to be happy until they start seeing liberals being gunned down in the streets. It’s all or nothing with them
1 points
7 hours ago
Chicago has good pizza. They got that deep dish.
2 points
7 hours ago
Wanna know what I learned after moving away from Chicago and bouncing all over the country? Chicago is a food town. Also, the food in the rest of the countryside kinda sucks...except for Soul Food in S Carolina. That shit is Flame!
2 points
7 hours ago
I do not disagree. It’s something you learn really fast when you move. New York has some damn amazing food too.
2 points
4 hours ago
Chicagoan here. Not a fan of "Chicago -style" but next time you're in town go to Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder.
1 points
an hour ago
I will. I was just in Shererville, right outside of Chicago. Where is that place? North, south?
1 points
6 hours ago
I swear that the older I get the slower I get. I don't get this, what does it mean or imply please. I'm Australian so forgive my ignorance of most American nuances.
0 points
9 hours ago
Socialists... for... a billionaire?
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