aparch
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At least 5 dead in July 4th parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/04/us/highland-park-illinois-shooting-july-4-parade/index.html
Affluent north side community.
At least 5 dead in July 4th parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/04/us/highland-park-illinois-shooting-july-4-parade/index.html
Affluent north side community.
July 4 Mass Shooting is the most American headline I've seen in awhile.
Lemme guess, white guy with an AR?
No details yet. Shooter still on the loose.
I read it was a college age white guy.
I feel bad folks in Chicago have to deal with so much gun violence. It sounds like gun laws haven’t been enough out there.
It's not Chicago. It's a suburb 30 miles away. It's closer to Evanston but nice try talking pointer.
And yeah rumor is 18-20 year old white guy.
Also, don't let the right wing / 2A a**holes gas light you. This isn't "typical Chicago thuggery."
Highland Park is 20 miles north of the Chicago city limits. In the *very* affluent and lack of crime north side, surrounded by other well-to-do neighborhoods. This is where Michael Jordan owned his house. Where Cubs and Bears players live. Where every John Hughes film in "Chicago" is filmed or based upon.
This isn't a "Chicago" problem, it's a gun problem.
It's not Chicago. It's a suburb 30 miles away. It's closer to Evanston but nice try talking pointer.
And yeah rumor is 18-20 year old white guy.
Thanks for the clarification. Never been but it’s a place my wife and I want to visit at some point.
Ravinia is a neat venue for a concert or orchestra performance, but other than that, there isn't much else to do.
Never heard of it but will look into it if we go. For me Wrigley and Art Institute of Chicago would be the couple places I’d really like to visit out there.
Is Lambeau worth the drive if you’re in Chicago?
Not really, unless you're willing to spend three to four hours (w/traffic) one way to drive up to Green Bay.that would be a trip for itself.
If you want to experience Chicago itself, its best to fly in, take the L train, and stay right down town in a loop or river north hotel. Easier to get around to the sights of Chicago. Yes, it's pricy, but if you have a list of things to see, it's best. Art Institute, Shedd Aquarium, Adler Planetarium. Buckingham Fountain, the UFO that ruined Soldier Field, dinner at Gibsons or anywhere along the river, that stupid bean, and Millenium Park are all within walking/cab/uber/bus distance. The L will only get you so far thanks to it's layout.
Wrigley, and the Lakeview neighborhood are good if you like young crowds and bars. And that's about a 20 minute L trip north of the Loop (not including waiting for the train). There are pockets of great places to eat throughout the city (near south side. North side, and northwest side).
Museum of Science and Industry is in the southeast part of the city in Hyde Park (Obama's home), and is an hour from the Loop via L and Bus (no L stops nearby). That one would be best as an Uber or drive yourself. Hyde Park is a pocket of the "north side" tucked in the south side of Chicago.
Anything you want to do outside of the city itself is at least an hour drive and youre best just staying in that area for that night. Concerts at the aforementioned Ravinia in Highland Park, Arboretum in Naperville, concerts at Tinley Park.
Rosemont would be the lone exception because it's availablity along the Blue Line as one of the first stops of the L from O'Hare to the city.
The other option is staying out in out suburbs and taking the Metra into Chicago.
Probably need to continue this in a different thread.