is N. Damen and W. Chicago Ave a good place to live

[eevee]

Originally Posted by Avengerfire

"Three people were shot this afternoon in Chicago's West Town neighborhood.The victims were shot about noon in the 1700 block of West Erie Street and were being evaluated by emergency personnel on the scene, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Quention Curtis said at 12:13 p.m...."

3 shot in West Town - Chicago Breaking News (http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/05/3-shot-in-west-town.html - broken link)

possible murder-suicide. very sad, but not really an indication of a neighborhood's safety so not much of a concern as random violence is

[Avengerfire]

Originally Posted by eevee

possible murder-suicide. very sad, but not really an indication of a neighborhood's safety so not much of a concern as random violence is

Yeah well the first report I posted did not mention the muder/suicide angle.

[pbrb]

Can't believe the murder suicide. A friend of mine just moved a block east of Ashland (literally a block or two from where that happened).

Crazy domestic stuff like that happens everywhere. UK Village is an awesome neighborhood. I live literally right where you're looking at moving to (about a block north of Chicago Ave on Hoyne), and I love the neighborhood.

Like everyone else said, getting to the blue line can be a pain, but if you leave at the right time, it's actually awesome. All winter I took the chicago bus to the chicago blue line stop to get to work, and if I left between 8:15-8:45, I either had to cram into a train car or wait for the next one to be able to get on. But, if I left a little earlier, like 7:30-8:00 or later even, like 9:00-9:15, it wasn't bad at all. The commute would take 25 min if the bus/train were timed perfectly, or could take up to 40 min if I had to wait for a few trains to go by and miss-timed the chicago bus. Now that it's nice out, I just ride my bike and get downtown in 15-20 min.