Rogers Park - which blocks would you avoid, for safety reasons?

[hendersj31]

I used to visit the Howard El area for work almost daily back in the 90s. Was pretty rough then and I even had the Jonquil Hotel as a customer which often meant due to parking, snow and ice that I ended up parking on Ashland near Juneway or even deep into Juneway before I could find a spot. Never felt too threatened but never really felt safe. Just did what I came to do and left. Was never messed with.

Like you I am male, not small and minded my business. You are right. You will be fine.

Originally Posted by jfre81

By the end of summer, I will be a resident of Rogers Park in the City of Chicago.

Nothing I read here or in other threads about RP is scaring me. It is going to be better than West Jefferson in Detroit and/or Xenia Avenue in Dayton, the nearby main drags of my last two "permanent" home neighborhoods.

What I take from this forum that Howard El station area is the main neighborhood trap, and to expect what comes with that. Can't be worse than than East Dayton. It doesn't look like I'll be even using the Howard station much. Looks like the best way from my base (we'll say Western between Touhy and Pratt) to the Red Line is the 96 bus on Lunt to the Morse station which I don't read about as much.

I'm male, not small. Streetwise. Mind my own. Don't make myself much of a target, other than the DSLR camera on my neck sometimes. I've survived in a lot of places like so.

[jfre81]

I'd probably be more concerned about the car and whatever's in it.

After life in Houston, Dayton and Detroit across 10 years or so, the most dangerous place I've been in any of them is behind the wheel of a car. People scare me a lot less on foot.