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There are a few rough areas. Just try to stay clear from the boxed areas.
lol, Well, these areas are still gang infested. If you go block by bloc, there are some blocks better than others. Overall, that area still has plenty of shootings, drug dealers, and things of that nature. I say, in order to get the feel of a block. Drive by in a car during a weekend in the summertime. The summertime in these areas are dangerous. In the winter time you see less gang activity because everyone likes to stay inside. I am not saying not to buy a house in this area, but you should be cautious of it.
on2wheels said:Thanks for the simplicity Rosa, I was actually curious about a place that was one block west of kedzie, just north of armitage. Looks like it is just outside of your red boxes of doom.
Can I ask what makes those not so good areas?
Rosa Diaz said:
There are a few rough areas. Just try to stay clear from the boxed areas.
Wow, Rosa, a lot of people are going to be offended when they see you've declared their block "bad."
I lived on Sawyer in the block north of Palmer from 96-'02. I watched it go from a colorful area with street life and all sorts of people of all ages to a dead-as-doornails place where the only action on the street is someone parking their car and going inside to blog . . .
If I were the OP I'd specifically aim for the places inside Rosa's evil boxes.
The block you're looking at (sounds like 2000 block of Sawyer) is fine. Close to the Streetside and some other amenities; unfortunately the Armitage bus is mostly worthless, and you're more than a 15 minute walk to the Blue Line. The Kedzie/California bus is on California at that point-- the Kimball bus rocks but I don't know if it goes anywhere you want to go.
Stores-- 10 years ago the folks moving there hoped there would be more to walk to soon; they're still hoping, for the most part. Tony's is the nearest grocery store-- if you're more of a Jewel/Dominick's type you'll have a long way to go.
There are some nice things about the area, and I used to come home and think I was in the best part of Chicago, but I guess my perspective has changed.
May I suggest using EveryBlock (http://chicago.everyblock.com/) when researching a neighborhood. It's a datafest for searching all sorts of public records, including crime. Type in the address, neighborhood, or zip and you can see tons of information block by block. Then you can get real geeky and start comparing a particular place with city-wide stats using the "Citywide Overview" tab. Perhaps not the complete portrait of a place, but as the site develops more it will be an amazing "one stop shop" for information related to a block. As a side note, the site was just recently aquired by MSNBC - will be interesting to see what happens next.
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