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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
^ yeah, the far west side is no joke.
humboldt park, garfield park, austin, and north lawndale represent the roughest part of the city in terms of violent crime.
those 4 community areas represent only 7% of the city's land area, but they account for roughly 1/3 of the city's homicides.
that nexus of poverty, gangs, and crime might represent the single most violent patch of land in the entire developed world on a pound for pound basis.
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I thought Humboldt Park was gentrifying?
In general though, it seems like the reason why the worst part of the West Side is so much more violent now than the South Side is simply because it hasn't been anywhere near as emptied by blight.