I have family in Chicago, so I have been there many times over decades.
Mostly in the Algonquin, Elk Grove, and Shaumberg areas. But all over downtown of course... even in old downtown.
Never once have I witnessed a single crime. Heard a single gunshot. Seen a single act of violence.
Chicago, when you remove the pocketed shitty neighborhood, is one of the safest cities in the world.
Which is exactly why there is no excuse that the city government can't solve the problem.
Years ago, a company that makes devices that can triangulate sound to within feet of the source of that sound, presented to Chicago city officials and law enforcement that they have devices that can detect and triangulate to within feet of a gunshot, and can even identify the caliber of the weapon. And if employed with CCTV cameras, police would know of gunshots, the exact location of them, and have video all before anyone has even called.
City officials turned it down. Racist. Because all the neighborhoods they showed were primarily black neighborhoods.
And that is why it will never get better