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Originally posted by Rudey
LOL. Ok I think the area you worked in wasn't that bad. Like it's definitely not pretty and I probably wouldn't feel too great about being there that late, but that's not really south enough. South is where the cops pull you over for being white and tell you to stop being stupid and to get out of there. I honestly wouldn't recommend Chicago to you though. Do you have any idea what it's like when it's cold here? Or how about being a really dead city? Awful, awful place.
And while I understand how there are people trying to improve their situations, they are surrounded by what the game shows. Would it have been better to show some good folks in the game to paint a realistic picture of the neighborhood? I doubt that would have changed how you feel.
-Rudey
--I swear if Mrs. O'Leary's cow burns down Chicago again, I think I'll really be ok with it.
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Well I'm from Tennessee and the area I worked in was pretty poor, or at least alot more poverty than I am used to seeing. My job was in the heart of the Robert Taylor homes if you are familiar with it. The problem comes when people, or in this case Mr. Chang, choses to highlight drugs, guns, and gangs as if that is the end all be all of life in "the ghetto". I doubt Mr. Chang was trying to highlight the horrors of poverty with this game. It seems like he was just trying to make light of an awful situation.
Hijack,
I LOVED Chicago. I'm not really afraid of the cold and the city had wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more to do than where I'm from. It was far from dead, I went to things every single day.
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