Yes, it is too bad these people were not born white upper-class racists like yourself. Take that silver spoon out of your mouth and stick your foot back in it.

Hello, I'm from the northwest side, not Lake Forest

I do not want to battle with you. It just irks me when people misslead others. Why is the area behing M.S.I bad? It beacause BLACK people live there? Many students live there that attend the University of Chicago(one of the top Universities in the US). Most of them believe it or not are white! I have often been in that neighborhood alone and on foot. I can not remember that name of the place(Uncl Joes?) great rib joint. My aunt had a flower business there also. Never was there a problem.
As far as Cabrini goes, I think I proved my point. If you are really afraid of those people I will send you a link to where the students were relocated and then you can avoid those areas also.
http://www.catalyst-chicago.org/04-01/0401map.htm

No I am not Jesse Jackson and I am not African-American either.

I live in West Old Town and in 3 years my townhome appreciated in value by 150%. I could move to the Northwest side now and buy the block if I decided to sell.
I love the people who live in this area including people in Cabrini. Treat everyone with repsect no matter where you live. That's the beauty of this city.

No Jessee -- but you certainly are a typical liberal IDIOT!!

Beware of the Northwest Side - it's full of racist chicks with big hair/mall hair/outdated hair (take your pick) and bad makeup. When they start having babies, they move out to Schaumburg to hang out at Woodfield Mall.

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Donna -for someone who grew up in the city, you don't know it very well. Taking Michigan Ave south will NOT take you to the Museum of Science Industry. The Museum is at least 2 miles east of Michigan Ave (and taking Michigan Ave south to get there WILL take you through a few bad neighborhoods). Nice advice.

Once again, please wake me when all of this childish jabbering is over.

To Thanks for Nothing: I did not mean that the Museum was on Michigan, I meant that most tourists go to the museum and that most tourists hang out on Michigan Ave so do not go further south than the museum. At least I don't hide behind a fake email address. You can shove your comments!!

Donna, I think people just want you to admit that you meant the Field Museum, because there are plenty of "bad areas" NORTH of where the Science and Industry Museum is, regardless of whether you stay on Michigan Avenue.

I agree with everyone who says the tourist areas are safe, and that tourists are unlikely to wander inadvertantly into a "high crime" area. Donna, you couldn't have been west of Division very recently because the area is rapidly gentrifying as Cabrini is being shut down, people are being relocated, and new mixed income communities are being developed in this very convenient area.