Update: He survived but was shot and killed around November (2016) along side his girlfriend in a car.
Man, what a life..
I wonder, was there ever a time/city in the history of the US where living there was as dangerous as it is today in certain neighborhoods of Chicago?
Absolutely. Things are definitely real bad, but the numbers are actually down from the 70's/80's/90's. You could make a strong argument that NYC in the 70's/80's/early 90's was worse as well. Same for LA, especially at the height of the Blood/Crip beefs in the early 90's.
Like I said, it's still bad today, but it's also highly sensationalized and much more visible in ways that it wasn't back then.
