Is there anyone here who lives in the Chicago area?

[Shu Fang ★]

I plan on visiting there this summer.  I want to visit the Haymarket Memorial.  

If someone lives in the area, I would like to buy you a cup of coffee and lunch.

Couch

[BuffJim]

@Bikeguy I think is the closest. But I think he’s a good ways away. Don’t know of any others. 

[BR46]

I'm 2 1/2 hour drive north but the Haymarket Memorial is 2 miles away from the shop where I do dyno testing.

If I have some testing going on around the same time you are in the area we will do lunch. 

[petitepedal ★]

@team scooter is also in that area..he always gives me good advice about going around Chicago 

[Shu Fang ★]

1 hour ago, BR46 said:

I'm 2 1/2 hour drive north but the Haymarket Memorial is 2 miles away from the shop where I do dyno testing.

If I have some testing going on around the same time you are in the area we will do lunch. 

I'll ping ya as this gets scheduled.  Can we put the RAV4 on the dyno?

Couch

[BR46]

59 minutes ago, Shu Fang said:

I'll ping ya as this gets scheduled.  Can we put the RAV4 on the dyno?

Couch

It's a motorcycle dyno 

[JerrySTL ★]

I live in Illinois but towards the bottom of the state. Now if you ever visit St. Louis, I'm really close.

[Airehead ★]

1 hour ago, BR46 said:

It's a motorcycle dyno 

I am sure there is a way

[Bikeguy]

11 hours ago, BuffJim said:

@Bikeguy I think is the closest. But I think he’s a good ways away.

I'm 90 miles away.    When I worked I got the opportunity to go downtown Chicago for meetings maybe once a month.  For more than 40 years... I lived with the Chicago area traffic.  

After 5 years of being retired... sorry Couch... but I haven't been back in Chicago.   Nor do I have plans to go back.  IMHO rural IL is WAY better than Chicago.  

Then there is this....  an article from November of 2022.  The perception of crime on the Magnificent Mile is backed up by data showing increases over the past two years.

In the 80s and 90s WoBG and I would visit the city.   We'd walk Michigan Ave...    I know... the probability of getting mugged are very low.. but I don't want to find out.  

[Dottleshead]

11 minutes ago, Bikeguy said:

I'm 90 miles away.    When I worked I got the opportunity to go downtown Chicago for meetings maybe once a month.  For more than 40 years... I lived with the Chicago area traffic.  

After 5 years of being retired... sorry Couch... but I haven't been back in Chicago.   Nor do I have plans to go back.  IMHO rural IL is WAY better than Chicago.  

Then there is this....  an article from November of 2022.  The perception of crime on the Magnificent Mile is backed up by data showing increases over the past two years.

In the 80s and 90s WoBG and I would visit the city.   We'd walk Michigan Ave...    I know... the probability of getting mugged are very low.. but I don't want to find out.  

I worked downtown Seattle and it's gotten pretty heavy lately.  I have no interest in actually spending any time there.  I do have to drive through the city once or twice a month and if there was no my father on the other end, that wouldn't even be happening either. Rural living is much easier (and nicer) in my view.