Spent 4 days in Chicago

[IroNat]

Stay out of the White areas and you'll be fine.  Go to the South side and hang out with some of the bros.  Diversity is our strength!

[Darren Avey]

The old Quads Gym down in Thornton/Calumet City was an amazing place to train when Ed Coan and that group were there.

The new Quads up in Boystown is like working out with a couple hundred Primehomosexual wannabes.

It would be right up your Nectar Rewards alley.

I went to the one which had two large floors. Don't know wfivh version it was

[Taffin]

Next time hit up South Shore or Englewood.

Like all massive Cities the majority of the City is relatively safe, but the bad parts are really really bad.

Due to the weather the homeless population is nothing compared to other parts of the US.

I lived in Houston for almost 40 years, only had a handful of bad experiences because i lived in the good areas.

Used to have to visit the 3rd Ward area for a large project we worked on for 3 years. In those 3 years i experienced and saw the craziest things of my life (besides living in Venezuela). People getting robbed in the middle of the day, hookers everywhere, homeless zombie camps, needles all over the ground, kids living in complete filth, locals selling drugs out in the open, heard gunshots many times.

One thing i almost never saw there were white people and Police. They just avoided it unless they got a call.

I got harassed almost every time i went there. I had to walk the project site once a week. Got to the point that getting out of my truck i would look around for 5 minutes first. Carried that G43 every single day. The contractor provided a security escort for everyone. Brothas would just walk up and start talking shit for no reason, looking for trouble, most of them were young too.

I've watched a few of those videos where some ballsy guy drives round places at night - think I might have posted one where I asked if the New Years Eve gunshots were real

A few of you confirmed they were!! 

Apparently, some of the local toughies are about 5'5" and have long hair 

[US MUSL]

I visited twice, once after boot camp and then for the 1990 Olympia.  I enjoyed it, though I didn't go beyond the Olympia venue and hotel in '90.

I was at the 90 Olympia also, seems like a lifetime ago. Met Michael O'tren and Paul Demayo.

[ThisisOverload]

I've watched a few of those videos where some ballsy guy drives round places at night - think I might have posted one where I asked if the New Years Eve gunshots were real

A few of you confirmed they were!! 

Apparently, some of the local toughies are about 5'5" and have long hair 

Yeah i watched a few of those videos.

Most of the thugs are like that. Little bitch nikkas that weigh a buck 40. That's why they carry weapons and travel in packs.

The problem with these cockroaches, is they don't give a shit. They are not afraid of anything. At any time they will throw hands or shank you. That's what happens when you grow up in the ghetto, it's eat or be eaten.

Most of them are harmless alone and will leave you alone, but you cross the wrong pack of spooks and you can end up dead. No remorse. They will kill each other over trespassing on their "turf" or wearing the wrong colors.

It's the gangs that cause the most damage, not just the average hood rat or crack dealer.

[Humble Narcissist]

I've watched a few of those videos where some ballsy guy drives round places at night - think I might have posted one where I asked if the New Years Eve gunshots were real

A few of you confirmed they were!! 

Apparently, some of the local toughies are about 5'5" and have long hair 

Chicago gangstas wearing NY Yankee hats.

[SOMEPARTS]

All cities have bad areas.

All areas have bad cities.

[deadz]

Whoooooooooo caresssssssssss Chicago

[Palumboism]

This is the case in every predominantly black area of the country. Contrary to the bullshit that cops are spending the day looking to oppress Black people, they really just want to avoid these areas at all costs. It’s nothing but trouble.

You are correct as usual.  I've worked in three notoriously high crime cities and you never see a cop ANYWHERE in the worst areas. 

I remember driving my car close to work one day and I saw a white woman driving a car and was surprised to see her.  It took me a few minutes to figure out why I was surprised to see a white woman, then I realized I had NEVER seen a white woman driving near where I worked.  The only white people were men going to work. 

There's no cops and no white women in the hood.  I try to keep myself out of there if I can too.  It's painfully obvious that Democrats are oblivious to the realities of Americas inner cities.

[Walter Sobchak]

The Chicago neighborhoods I work in I’m like a snowflake in a coal mine.

Yet...I’m supposed to be afraid of Matt Canning.

🙄

[Agnostic007]

the Hotel'Gym. Did you train ?

Not a bit. walked and walked and walked. But no training. I did eat way more than normal so I am now in damage control mode.

[Agnostic007]

Chicago ranks 28th among U.S. cities for murder per capita.

I visited twice, once after boot camp and then for the 1990 Olympia.  I enjoyed it, though I didn't go beyond the Olympia venue and hotel in '90.

The last time I went to Denver I took a walk a few blocks from my hotel and immediately regretted it - the seediness increased with every block away.  You followed an itinerary, so I think you did well.  When I took my youngest three to NYC I had everything planned in advance.  I would have liked to take my kids to my old neighborhoods, but we would have stuck out as tourists, and I didn't want that.

Would you go back to Chicago?  Walking along Lake Shore Dr. was amazing.

Absolutely I would.. I think we covered most of the bases but there are a couple museums I would like to hit. There is a brief underground on the north side of the river between Michigan and Wabash. It is where the homeless stay. A few times we had to take that in order to walk to our destination. I just put my Rolex in my pocket and walked through the gauntlet. I really felt no guy and having policed in Austin where the homeless is now an epidemic, I was not out of my comfort zone. 

The Marina City Towers really stood out for me being someone born in the early 60's. It had the George Jetson/60's feel and our hotel view on the 20th floor of the London House looked out at them. I wouldn't mind living there for a month and exploring Chicago more. Sadly the House of Blues wasn't open while we were there... 

[Agnostic007]

Great city too bad Dems control it. 55 shot last weekend

I honestly didn't get any vibe that it was a political town. You would have enjoyed our view from our hotel windows. The Trump Tower was immediately across from us.

[Walter Sobchak]

I honestly didn't get any vibe that it was a political town. You would have enjoyed our view from our hotel windows. The Trump Tower was immediately across from us.

You stayed in the Loop and it is safe. The downtown area in Chicago is magnificent. Try to visit around Christmas time and the Magnificent Mile is pretty spectacular.

Where you feel the politics is when you’re taxed out the ass to pay for the same failed programs year after year with no sign of improvement.

[Hypertrophy]

I honestly didn't get any vibe that it was a political town. You would have enjoyed our view from our hotel windows. The Trump Tower was immediately across from us.

I stayed at the Trump Tower- it was literally right across from the Chicago Marathon course so I could walk over to see it. Fantastic hotel.

[Agnostic007]

You stayed in the Loop and it is safe. The downtown area in Chicago is magnificent. Try to visit around Christmas time and the Magnificent Mile is pretty spectacular.

Where you feel the politics is when you’re taxed out the ass to pay for the same failed programs year after year with no sign of improvement.

I see. that makes sense

[Walter Sobchak]

I went to the one which had two large floors. Don't know wfivh version it was

Oh, that was this one:

https://www.sidetrackchicago.com/

They say the uber serious iron warriors are all found pounding the heavy iron here.

[falco]

I've watched a few of those videos where some ballsy guy drives round places at night - think I might have posted one where I asked if the New Years Eve gunshots were real

A few of you confirmed they were!! 

Apparently, some of the local toughies are about 5'5" and have long hair 

I can tell by his voice the interviewer was caucasian.

[Kwon]

Stay out of the White areas and you'll be fine.  Go to the South side and hang out with some of the bros.  Diversity is our strength!

[Kwon]

Listen to this guy


SHIIIIET

[falco]

Even harder to understand than TOKASWOLA.

[SOMEPARTS]

Listen to this guy


SHIIIIET

"r hood wuz tha numba wun hood in da city"

[French]

I was at the 90 Olympia also, seems like a lifetime ago. Met Michael O'tren and Paul Demayo.

Did you agree with the classement ?

1      Lee Haney
2   Lee Labrada
3   Shawn Ray
4   Mike Christian
5   Rich Gaspari
6   Francis Benfatto
7   Frank Hillebrand
8   Samir Bannout
9   Andreas Münzer
10   Eddie Robinson
11   Mike Quinn
12   Ron Love
13   Jean-Luc Favre
14   Bernard Sealy

[Thin Lizzy]

You are correct as usual.  I've worked in three notoriously high crime cities and you never see a cop ANYWHERE in the worst areas. 

I remember driving my car close to work one day and I saw a white woman driving a car and was surprised to see her.  It took me a few minutes to figure out why I was surprised to see a white woman, then I realized I had NEVER seen a white woman driving near where I worked.  The only white people were men going to work. 

There's no cops and no white women in the hood.  I try to keep myself out of there if I can too.  It's painfully obvious that Democrats are oblivious to the realities of Americas inner cities.

Thanks. Reminds me of back in the day when a guy I grew up went into the NYPD. New recruits are always sent to the bad areas. He had older relatives on the force and they told him to not get involved and just wait until he had some seniority so he could get transferred out.

[US MUSL]

Did you agree with the classement ?

1      Lee Haney
2   Lee Labrada
3   Shawn Ray
4   Mike Christian
5   Rich Gaspari
6   Francis Benfatto
7   Frank Hillebrand
8   Samir Bannout
9   Andreas Münzer
10   Eddie Robinson
11   Mike Quinn
12   Ron Love
13   Jean-Luc Favre
14   Bernard Sealy

The show was drug tested, so everyone with the exception of Mike Christian were downsized.

Haney didn't dominate, but probably deserved to win.
Shawn Ray and Benfatto looked exceptionally good. Second for Shawn, third Benfatto.
Christian weak legs, full hard upper body. Had a very unnatural look, might have hurt his placing in a drug tested show.
Labrada next, looked good but small.
Gaspari was off.

Vince Taylor was wearing an eye patch, dropped out after prejudging. Rumor he took to much insulin and temporary went blind. he claimed lugged on the airplane hit him in the eye.
Berry Demey, Momo Benaziza failed drug test.