A ride along Chicago’s red line

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Chicago remains exceptionally divided on racial lines. The city now has the biggest gap in life expectancy in America

in one carriage of an “L” train, rattling south on the underground line to Chicago metro station, are unmistakably bourgeois. A grey-haired woman squints at a book of 501 French verbs. Opposite, a bespectacled man reads a study of Arctic peoples. Some seats on, an artist doodles on his pad.

He tells his own story of being assaulted when off-duty, and says he would deploy “a guard in every car” if he could. He leaves at Roosevelt station, and a boisterous group steps in. A woman accuses another of being “a crackhead”, provoking shrieks of laughter. A pair of young men move to let an elderly passenger sit down.

A few landmark buildings have been built at City Hall’s behest: a large new campus for a high school, a newish mall that includes a Whole Foods and a Starbucks. Elected officials hope these will spur more redevelopment, but that has not come yet. Many streets are notable for empty lots—where property has been demolished—or for dilapidated and boarded-up houses.

 

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deray That's crazy! I'd wager that the 6 line in NYC has a similar issue. The line runs from my old hood to THE wealthiest neighborhood in NYC.

That's what thexsystem requires - ' the industrial reserve army'

And... what? Where’s they analysis, where’s the insight? Good intro - needs more work

Divergent may have been on to something...

And that's why Chicago has a gun epidemic, they need to find solutions to 20th-century problems

Via_Oliii

tutormentorteam Thank you Mother for moving us to LincolnPark many moons 🌙 ago ☝️️😇

Because democrats destroyed this city

GillesHerard CHICAGO: Isn't that where Obama organised the Black Community? A city that has been run by Democrats for many Decades. When are people going to realise Democrat Communist want one lifestyle for you and a very different lifestyle for themselves. Wake Up!

if this is true the people at the lower end should find out how this train is bestowing youth to the people - finally an answer to the ever lasting question

johncusack fyi

Another Democratic Party success story.

ALL TAMALES ARE GLUTEN FREE

And where the hell is BlackLivesMatter

Instead of helping to Chicago, Obama helped PKK/YPG [SDF] terrorists.

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