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[quote=Anonymous]I just wanted to speak up for the neighborhood, having grown up there.

Hyde Park has a reputation for being "dicey", as one PP called it. It is in a city. The actual neighborhood of Hyde Park is pretty darned safe. The University of Chicago (called the U of C when I was a kid) has a very strong police force of its own to supplement the Chicago cops. During the white flight years of the 50s and 60s, the U of C bought up a lot of property around the neighborhood, turning quite a bit of it into student and faculty housing. That practice helped to stabilize the neighborhood, as the areas surrounding it became slums. Fast forward, and those slums have had quite a turn around. The neighborhood is probably significantly safer now than it was 40 years ago, and probably safer than just 20 years ago. It is still an urban neighborhood: bikes need to be locked, probably shouldn't walk too far at night alone, don't leave valuables in your car. It is like a cross between Capital Hill, Georgetown and Catholic.[/quote]

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