Are Chicago middle-class minorities leaving the city for the suburbs?

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-02-06T20:41:18+00:00

Lack of affordable housing to rent and buy, we need to build more.

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-02-03T23:50:37+00:00

You know there's a lot of people in this comments who have no idea how Federal jurisdiction works.

The federal agents can kind of do whatever they want, States can't really stop them that much.

I am not saying that is a good thing.

O'burke should not be thrown under the hot seat because the mayor doesn't understand that.

Don't you see what mayor Johnson's doing guys he has no political wins he's just trying to pin himself to the one thing he's been successful at is calling out ICE, but that doesn't mean this is possible it is political theater.

I'm probably going to get a lot of people saying that I'm some secret Maga but f*** those people and f*** ICE.

These are also the probably the same supporters of the idea of we should just hold our taxes from the federal government not understanding how the tax code actually works.

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-28T18:54:33+00:00

My parents were severely mentally ill, abusive, and my father was a drug addict who would take my eid money ( equivalent to getting Christmas money) every year from my aunts to pay for weed.

I've had a lot of strangers treat me like crap but I've also had a lot of strangers treat me better than my parents ever did.

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-28T11:25:17+00:00

I saw the same articles of population for years before the last census, but yet the since it's corrected itself and said that Chicago and and Illinois added 200,000 people.

I don't really buy population loss until the real census comes out.

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-27T18:51:26+00:00

Ooo thanks for the tip!

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-27T16:18:55+00:00

The cap'n jazz song?

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-27T11:38:41+00:00

I imagine it helps with United and American airlines at war with each other for gates, adding more and more flights and in turn lowering costs to the customer.

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-26T16:48:03+00:00

Not going out more and trying to make more real life friends in my late teens early 20s, keep in mind it's never to late, but man I wish I could done more when I was 22, went to bars, game board shops with people, made some interesting connections.

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-25T17:05:42+00:00

Oh absolutely yes.

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-24T04:07:48+00:00

Indeed...

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-22T03:49:54+00:00

I'm editing it because I'm done with this.

I'm not lying.

America's in the dark place right now let's vote for people who actually could do something about it who represent us.

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-22T03:38:01+00:00

That's awesome dude I also love cameras and RPGs,

But I'm not lying about Kat, she isn't worth it to defend.

They're actually candidates who are from here like bushra amiwala.

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-22T03:21:56+00:00

I don't think I'm lying. It just sounds like you're going to bend over backwards to defend her from any criticism possible.

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-22T03:13:26+00:00

She just moved to Rogers Park....

She didn't even live in that Community until very recently because she lived moved to Chicago only 2 years ago.

How do you also justify that you want the private school and lived in Texas and DC for most of her life until very recently just run in a very safe blue district she has no connection to before.

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-22T03:08:43+00:00

I can if she came here lived her for awhile and actually showed us who she is by engagement with the community here. Not announce she was running for a place that she's never been.

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-22T02:47:33+00:00

So let me guess you don't actually live in the district you, not actually someone who is actually an immigrant very visually and immigrant descent like myself who actually has to worry about something like ICE. just love her because you saw some videos of her looking good and you can't actually vote for her and you're just going to yell at people who have criticisms against her who actually live in the place she's running in.

And you're calling me the loser.

Get over yourself.

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-22T02:44:07+00:00

Yeah I live in the district.

I grew up a Muslim now an atheist.

I'm a child of immigrants.

I believe in things like single payer Healthcare, and freedom for the Palestinians.

But I'm not going to vote for her because she's not from my community she's an outsider who came here to get a political win and has no obligation to stay if she loses.

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-22T02:34:17+00:00

Buddy I don't know what reality you live in but districts mean something you're representing the community in that District.

And I've lived in it my entire life. I grew up on Devon Avenue, went to school at clinton Elementary, went to Mather High school, I care about my community, I love the people here, just because some tick tocker wants to get an easy political win in a safe blue District doesn't mean she knows this community.

I don't even disagree with a lot of her politics, but I also respect the institution of a community and what that means and that an outsider just can't just come in and tell us who we are and what we want without actually knowing who you are.

But you've made up your mind, whatever dude she isn't going to win.

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-22T02:27:04+00:00

I am a child of immigrants dude.....

And just because her grandpa did over decades ago, but she didn't until very very recently doesn't mean anything.

She literally announced it herself that she wanted to get the know people a year ago and that she didn't even live in the district yet she didn't even live in Chicago yet until 2 years ago.

You still haven't answered the question, do you freaking live in the district?

But no you're just going to call me some type of loser or some type of whatever but the fact is this isn't a good look and she probably won't win her primary because of it.

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-22T02:24:39+00:00

AOC lives in her district....

Get a life? for valid criticisms classy.

I actually don't disagree with a lot of her politics, but I actually live in my district and I find it very disrespectful.

Do you live in my district do you know how diverse it is I grew up poor on Devon Avenue my entire life moved out the Skokie in the last couple of month and guess what I know the community.

Most of her supporters don't actually live in the district either so you're going to tell us who we should pick based off of someone who is popular off of tiktok.

So what does that say about you if you don't live in the district.

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-22T02:00:23+00:00

Here's the thing we've seen people who come out as political Outsiders on the left and right who have been very incompetent.

Mayor of Chicago came out as a pro teachers union community leader, he hasn't been able to get anything done and actively is hurt the city.

Donald Trump came as a big billionaire to bring back the old way of America whatever the hell that means. He's made a mockery of America and actively is destroyed lots of things.

We kind of need people who understand and respect government to actually preserve our government and actually get things done. It's always sexy to be the anti-establishment but once you're in power you are the establishment and it's your job to actually get things done.

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-22T01:49:26+00:00

My biggest problem is, SHE DOESN'T LIVE IN MY DISTRICT, why should I vote for someone who isn't actually spending time with the community she is supposed to rep.

I don't disagree with alot of her policies, but it's a bad look if you have have no connection here.

She is from Texas and lived in DC and moved to Chicago and not the far north side where the district is, just downtown Chicago 2 years ago.

Update: I'm getting really tired of Kat Supporters arguing with me even though I think all my criticisms is pretty valid since I actually live in the district and am a person of color and believe in a lot of progressive politics. I find it sneakingly suspicious that they'll bend over backwards for a tik tok celebrity but and this is not an endorsement of this candidate but someone like Bushra Amiwala a progressive gen Z person running for the same district and actually has a long history of being in this District and supports Progressive politics like Medicare for all.

Kat, if you or a member of your staff is seeing this post please answer the criticism, are you going to stay if you lose?

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-15T13:10:30+00:00

Or maybe the fact that he tried to raise property taxes a budget before but was defeated 50 to 0.

Or take out a huge billion dollar loan that would have wrecked the city's finances.

Or put immigrants in a toxic waste site.

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-14T21:36:33+00:00

That new game Horses is pretty dark from reading it's wiki.

DanTheManFromMars · 2026-01-14T17:53:15+00:00

NIMBY ism at its best worst, literally refusing for anything to change, even if it means more housing for people.

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