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It's not far from Englewood and New City (Back of the Yards / Canaryville). Some of the worst areas anywhere (although waaaay nicer than when I lived in Chicago
by FuriouslyAdrift 2y ago
It's not far from Englewood and New City (Back of the Yards / Canaryville). Some of the worst areas anywhere (although waaaay nicer than when I lived in Chicago 30 years ago).
There was a race riot there in 1919: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_race_riot_of_1919 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_race_riot_of_1919
- HDThoreaun 2y agoEven closer to woodlawn and the infamous o block, arguably the birthplace of Chicago drill. Blocks away from campus
- TMWNN 2y agoRelevant: TIL that Chicago street gangs today identify themselves by song. By listening to what drill music (a Chicago form of gansta rap) is playing, youths can tell which gang's territory they are in, or even when gangs are working together. <https://np.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/5t7ig0/til_that_chicago_street_gangs_today_identify/ https://np.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/5t7ig0/til_th...> A reply to the post: >Drill rap, possibly the first genre of music that will end up disappearing because its practitioners have killed each other off.