Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Real estate ad notes local drug labs

Checking image hits that match my solitaire score, I came across a photograph of a residence in Chicago. The picture showed a three-story walkup, two rooms wide. I clicked on the “show page” selection to find out what urban Chicago houses are going for these days.

What came up was not the pictured house, but a Shell convenience store on South Michigan Avenue. That was surprising, since I thought I would see the residence.

Even more surprising were the tabs for “Local Crime” and “Nearby Drug Labs.”

What?

Below a photo of the convenience store was a red circle with a large white exclamation mark and the notation: Crime Rate High.

Also: School rating D+.

Registered offenders: 34 within one mile. (Does that mean sex offenders, or just general criminals?)

Foreclosures: 176 within one mile.

Environmental hazards: 114 within one mile.

A notation immediately beneath the photograph said: “Every Address Tells a Story.”

No kidding?

Nearby drug labs???

Why don’t people leave those neighborhoods? Or do drug-dealer cleansing operations?

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