North Siders Get Mugged by Reality

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Original Load Date June 30, 2026, 9:01 a.m.
Last Updated June 30, 2026, 9:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/north-siders-mugged-by-reality

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**_How Chicago became an open-air insane asylum_ ** For years, many North Side neighborhoods have lived under the comforting illusion that crime, disorder, and urban dysfunction were primarily someone else’s problem. Violence was something that happened on the South Side. Chaos was something that h...