I recently exchanged messages with a guy I used to work with in Philadelphia and I asked about Philly and told my former co-worker that I missed the city. He responded that "Philly is Philly" (or something like that) and compared it to Chicago (and not in a positive way). I responded that Chicago is a mess and added that I was making this comment as someone who's from Detroit. I said what I meant, and I meant what I said. When you wake up Monday morning in the Chicagoland area and read online or see on the news that 30-40+ people were shot over the weekend, you know that there's a problem in this city. What I don't understand is why the various mayors here keep hiring new police commissioners who come here and don't seem to make the kind of sweeping changes that are needed to get the gun situation under control. If you keep doing the same things or even try something different but don't see any changes in the results, then wouldn't you change your approach? You can't keep doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome.
I told my former Philly co-worker that Chicago is my home for now, but I don't want to die here. (Seriously.) I long to live in a place where double-digit shootings aren't the first thing I hear or read about on a Monday morning. Maybe I'll retire to that kind of place.
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