Visits to city are not safe or necessary

My wife and I always loved going into Chicago for shopping, restaurants and the theater. However, those visits are now out of the question. Chicago and armed robberies, carjackings and assault are not random events any longer.

Last weekend, 31 armed robberies were reported. Year to date there have been 2,100 shootings and who knows how many assaults that have gone unreported.

Now, I realize the odds of anything happening to you on a visit downtown are probably pretty great, but we no longer wish to tempt fate. We live in Oswego and have set Oakbrook as our eastbound limit.

There are dozens and dozens of very nice restaurants. Shopping at Oakbrook and Yorktown is just as satisfying as heading down to North Michigan avenue. Drury Lane theater and the MAC center at the College of DuPage provide great entertainment and if you pay attention, North Central College and Elmhurst University have any number of terrific shows throughout the year.

So, play it safe. Unless it is absolutely a moral imperative, I would say a trip into Chicago is a needless tempt of fate. Forget about it.

Don Lass

Oswego