I live in a suburb about seventeen air miles southwest of the loop and yes, crime has increased by leaps and bounds. Our great mayor, the Godfather, Rham, can't do anything about it. So if you want to hear stabbings, shootings, theft, burglary, police in peril, Chicago is the place to listen. As a Chicago native, I'm disgusted by it's total lack of government leadership, . I'm out here in the relatively safe suburbs. I never go into the city anymore for anything. It's a shame because I'd love to go the Field Museum, Museum of Science and Industry, Shedd Aquariium, etc, but never again.