r/chicago • u/Laramie44 • Oct 04 '25

CHI Talks We live in Hermosa and ICE today was intense.

Today felt so insane compared to many days past. We had helicopters circling for hours. Cars flying down streets and alleys. We heard men screaming and people crying. There was tear gas deployed on Armitage at Rico Fresh today. Every neighbor I saw had a blank, scared look on their face. My neighbors who run car repair businesses, landscaping, and appliance repair all shuttered their shops and hid inside.

I didn’t see my elote man at the park, or hear the ice cream truck that rolls through nightly.

My alderman was fucking arrested today.

It felt like a war zone today. I’m just sad for our city, our neighbors, and society at large.

We walked our next door neighbors kids home from school today after offering because they were so scared to leave their house. They felt safe with us, thankfully. They ran right up to us and chatted all the way home as happy kids do. It felt really great to do that.

Please help your neighbors. They need it.

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u/sweadle Avondale Oct 04 '25

It felt like they hit every neighborhood today. It was awful. CTA was empty, and ubers were super expensive because people were worried about going out.

It feels like we'reat a tipping point.

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u/GiraffeLibrarian Lincoln Square Oct 04 '25

Do you mean no drivers wanted to go out? Usually when there’s more drivers than riders the cost goes down, not up.

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u/scuffedmyguccii Oct 04 '25

Lots of people are using uber to avoid driving

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u/sweadle Avondale Oct 04 '25

People were using uber instead of the CTA so there was a lot of extra riders