I agree with you; I think there are some amazing strong communities all across the poorer areas of Chicago. But there are also people who will fuck with you there. The communities don&#x27;t support them; in fact, on the west side (where I live), they put up signs on every block saying they want to chase those people away.<p>Ask people who bike from the loop to Oak Park if they&#x27;ve ever been fucked with in Lawndale. I have a friend who was ambushed and knocked off his bike right by Garfield Park.<p>I have never been mugged in Lakeview. I have been mugged in Austin.<p>Dangerous neighborhoods aren&#x27;t a classist myth. In fact, I&#x27;ve come to the conclusion that part of &quot;respecting&quot; the poorer neighborhoods is not pretending like you can walk in front of a crowd of young men hanging out on a corner as if you have just as much a right to be there as they do.