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Chicago is not a great place because housing can be extremely expensive, the weather isn’t always pleasant, and certain neighborhoods are infested with gang violence. The beauty of Windy City certainly outweighs the flaws, but let me talk about the downsides of a city I deem the greatest.

Granted Chicago’s a gorgeous city, the air is fine, and the views are amazing. However, the price of rent here is equivalent to one’s mortgage elsewhere. The average cost of rent here can range from $700 to $4,000 or more just monthly. As most of us do believe in the saying, “you get what you pay for”, but to me that price is grand. The higher the rent in Chicago neighborhoods the better the resources such as stores, schools, parks, and centers.

As mentioned before the air is fine here in Chicago, but one day the sun may beam down on you so heavily next you’ll have on ski gear. Just last week it was 70 degrees, my outfit on skimpy, and toes were out and on the day after I was forced into a winter coat. Literally. There are more than enough amusements (inside and out) to enjoy, so I guess that makes up for such conflicted weather. To me the weather makes an absurd impact on the gun violence rate. Gang members are less likely to commit shootings and homicides in the winter than in the summer. Everyone is focused on commuting to one one place from the last during snow days, but during warmer days everyone is actively enjoying the weather by hosting barbecues, block club and house parties, and enjoying other attractions. Let’s discuss where I feel Chicago is mostly dominated by gang violence below.

Gang/Gun violence has no name or designated place of occurrence, but it has been statistically proven that majority shootings and homicides occur South or West side of Chicago. Areas that are deemed “ghetto” are dominated by violence which is acted by men who have been oppressed using weapons that have been naively given to them. Hey, I’m just the messenger.

I am a firm believer that Chicago is an amazing place but like all things here we have flaws. The cost of living here is grand, the weather is shadier than a pack of trees, and many areas are dominated by gang and gun violence.