The worst thing about Chicago is... (Cicero, Bridgeport: to live in, moving, park)

[Bnagla_Banger]

Hello to everyone! I will come in Lockport this summer for an year. I won an excange program. I would like to get some information from inhabitants of this city about school, markets, society, places to relax and prices to be more sure about the situation there. It's very important for me couse i'm from Europe and it's a huge difference between US and my small country. Please help with advices or links. I found some sites but the information is not very perfect. Plese help. Thank you

[ajolotl]

Originally Posted by Chicagoland60426

I think the huge migration of Hispanics and Asians help integrate and diversify some of Chicago(especially the Southwestside).

Yeah, I did see a light-skinned Mexican kid walking with a group of blacks into Simeon today. It gave me some hope.

[Venom]

Originally Posted by ajolotl

Yeah, I did see a light-skinned Mexican kid walking with a group of blacks into Simeon today. It gave me some hope.

That was me.

[mas23]

Originally Posted by Chicagoland60426

In order to get rid of Chicago segregation reputation, large parts of the southside has to integrate or diversify. You don't even have to ride the train to see the segregation. You can start at the end of the southside and ride on Dan Ryan expy and it's basically all black, until you get to 35th and all of a sudden you see white people getting on the train by the White Sox Stadium.

I think the huge migration of Hispanics and Asians help integrate and diversify some of Chicago(especially the Southwestside).

Tru. But South Chicago is Pretty much a black-latino neighborhood (black people are the majority) and there's not a WHOLE lot of Tension between each other.
There's also some white people but most of them are old.

[ajolotl]

Why are you talking about South Chicago? That's south east, isn't it?

[mas23]

Originally Posted by ajolotl

Why are you talking about South Chicago? That's south east, isn't it?

yea but its still the south side

[ajolotl]

True but your words flowed as though we had been talking about South Chicago the whole time. It threw me for a loop.

[Chicagoland60426]

Originally Posted by ajolotl

Yeah, I did see a light-skinned Mexican kid walking with a group of blacks into Simeon today. It gave me some hope.

Latinos are like the last hope to integrate Chicago southside(including southwest). It seem like they are the only ones willing to settle in any neighborhood.

[Chicagoland60426]

Originally Posted by mas23

Tru. But South Chicago is Pretty much a black-latino neighborhood (black people are the majority) and there's not a WHOLE lot of Tension between each other.
There's also some white people but most of them are old.

Chicago Lawn/Marquette Park is another black-latino neighborhood. I don't really see much tension between blacks and latinos in Chicago, unlike what I heard about LA.

I notice an increase of Mexicans(and other latinos) in the south suburbs. Blue Island & Chicago Heights is fairly diverse with them. There is one school in Harvey called Holmes Elementary that went from majority black to now 67% latino within the past 8 years.

[skyeINIL]

Originally Posted by Venom

That was me.

Heh. You'll fit right in with the rest of my children.