moving to pilsen

[LLuna]

Originally Posted by MkeOrd

Since I am a middle class Latino (should this matter?) considering Pilsen, did you decided to move to Pilsen Polaroids? I always think it is best to go spend a few hours anyplace, and yes check it out at night.

I think that with UIC so close and that campus gaining prestige (viz. U of Chicago and Northwestern) it only makes sense to see the area changing. My only concern with buying (June 2008) is that there are so many places on the market, or in some stage of foreclosure right now in East and West Pilsen that the boom and the gentrification might be at an end here and across the city. The bubble has burst!

I remember going to Pilsen as a kid and there were still a few Czech restaurants on Cermak but there was a lot of garbage in the streets and it looked run down and I grew up in a Latino neighborhood myself - of course this was when the "old" Maxwell Street still existed.

It seems it has gotten better as each year passes since Pilsen has a lot going for it: Close proximity to downtown and the highway and good CTA and Metra train coverage. They could use a riverfront park down there if only one of those harbors were converted to green/water space. Right now there are trucks parked on the banks of the Chicago river!

It would have been nice if Pilsen had been a urban village and something had been done to help that happen even as new people moved in. If this were done Pilsen would be a collection of villages and one could get good Bohemian/German bread, Czech beer on tap, Mexican meats, and Italian pasta and hear German, Czech, Spanish, and Italian music within a 10 block radius. Now that would be cool!

It strikes me that people like Rlynne are part of the solution since diversity is a two way street!

UIC prestigious? NO! Pilsen is a good neighborhood but please don't raise UIC to the standards of Northwestern, U of C, DePaul or Loyola. Not even close, UIC is better than Roosevelt, but still not top tier.

[LLuna]

Aleking,
What does that even mean? Not sure if you're speaking english.

[Aleking]

Originally Posted by LLuna

Aleking,
What does that even mean? Not sure if you're speaking english.

You are bumping a dead thread that is over a year old and your assertion that Pilsen is the furthest south you can go without getting shot is a good tell that you are misinformed at best.

[eaguir3]

This forum is a joke. And I also laugh when people refer to south of Pilsen as "no mans land". There are neighborhoods south of Pilsen that are far safer. I live in South Chicago and I am certainly not scarred of being stabbed or shot. Sure there are lots of crack heads, but they dont bother me. I mean really welcome to the city, there are dangers all around you, just learn how to be street smart.