Thesis Statement
The problem facing some of Chicago's neighborhoods is that they are plagued with gang activity and abandonment of tenants and by the their own city, Chicago. The city of Chicago is a wonderful place to live. There are countless interesting places to visit and there is always something for everyone. However, the parts of the Windy City that people that don’t want you to see, is what makes Chicago one of the most dangerous cities to live in. Gangs, homicides, and abandonment is what is breaking down Chicago's most violent neighborhoods. The issue with some of the areas is the amount of gang violence that has risen in the past century. Most originating from European immigrants that formed early 20th century gangs that then
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Most famous is the neighborhood of Englewood. Originally home to serial killer H. H. Holmes Murder Castle, it too had its share of gangs originating with German, Irish, and Norwegian immigrants coming in and starting fights with police during the prohibition era such as the Irish South Side gang, the Forty-Two Gang, and The Chicago Outfit. Present day Englewood is riddled with violence that originated from gangs formed during the crack epidemic in the nineties including the Black Gangster Disciples, Mickeys Cobras, and the Vice Lords that have infected the neighborhood with murder, drugs, and crime. A video report about Englewoods violence says, ¨ Gang leaders like Hoover, make conscious decisions to enrich themselves while contributing to the destruction of their own community, and are ultimately responsible for thousands of deaths because of drugs and guns and the culture of violence they left behind. In the end, the only true contribution by gang leaders, like Hoover is, more misery for the people of neighborhoods, like Englewood.¨ The problem that faces most of Chicago's violent neighborhoods is that they have never been able to truly recover from the gang activity from the 1900´s. These factors has given Chicago the nickname of Chi-raq for it’s vast amount of violent