I went to college at University of Chicago for my undergraduate degree. I loved the Field Museum (has a free day every week) and the Lincoln Park Zoo (always free). I would get up early and bike by Lake Michigan with the birds. It is very windy and cold in winter but I like that. It helped me study for very long periods of time since getting around and having fun always meant exposure to the bone chilling weather. Crime was high on the sounth side, I’d always wonder if my car would be where I left it. A few times it had been “tampered” with but not badly. A few time I was even “harassed.” I even saw a gun bandied about. The take out and fastfood (even Wendy’s) have bullet proof glass. Even so, there is something smart, kind and friendly about the people in Chicago. People laugh out loud at each other in the street. The ribs and fried chicken were oddly fantastic and disgusting at the same time. The bookstores in Hyde Park are better than any I’ve ever been to anywhere else. Espcially the HP Coop. Good times. I would go back.