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Chicago Location • Page 138

Discussion in 'General Forum' started by troyplaysbass, Apr 5, 2016.

  1. stonecoldnimrod

    roamer. wanderer. nomad. vagabond.

    thank you for a great 12 hrs last weekend.

    shuga records
    lou malnati's
    eris brewing and cidery
    replay games (spongebob night)
    rosarita's pizza (2am)

    i'll be back sometime next year.
     
  2. I need to go to Eris, heard nothing but good things
     
  3. bradpetrik

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    One of my favorite restaurants in the city. Michelle is also a delightful human.
     
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  5. Orla

    little old lady Prestigious

    Lori Lightfoot just took 19 seconds of my life that I'll never get back.
     
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  6. Importer/Exporter

    he’ll live forever in the sound of broken glass Supporter

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  7. ItsAndrew

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  8. Very excited for this, original bookclub was great
     
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  9. bradpetrik

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    Guess I'm not cool enough to have known about Bookclub.
     
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  10. scottlechowicz

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    On the train to work today, I switched train cars because someone started smoking in my car. The train car I moved to also had someone smoking in it.

    This is now basically a daily occurrence. Incredible that the CTA has just essentially thrown up their hands and given up.
     
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  11. Orla

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    Yeah, once the pandemic started, I didn’t ride the train regularly again until early 2022, and ever since I can pretty much count on someone smoking unless the car is basically full

    I’m guessing the CTA doesn’t do anything about it bc they want to avoid escalation and possible violence towards one of their employees, but having to deal with the secondhand smoke so frequently sucks hard
     
  12. MexicanGuitars

    Chorus’ Expert on OTIP Track #8 Supporter

    I don’t take the train that often but I’ve fortunately had some better experiences in recent weeks talking the Blue line to/from O’Hare from Avondale or Bucktown, which shocked me.

    Otherwise I usually take the Brown which has never gotten too bad, but sad to hear it is still really pervasive with the smoking. I had thought it might be turning around a bit
     
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  13. scottlechowicz Oct 3, 2024
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    scottlechowicz

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    I take the green line every day to and from Oak Park to State/Lake.

    I’d say that I encounter smoking on my train car at least twice per week. It makes me so angry. And there have been times where there are children on the train and these assholes are still smoking.

    The CTA absolutely needs to go back to two-person teams working the trains. Someone has to walk the cars. Otherwise, riders are going to stay away. You need to invest in the CTA and give people a reason to ride it. At the moment, riders pretty much know they are on their own when confronting someone smoking or fighting or harassing them on the train. It’s not sustainable.
     
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  14. bradpetrik

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    I think it's bold of you to think that Dorval or BJ will do anything that benefits the CTA.
     
  15. bradpetrik

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    Yeah, nothing beyond the usual for me on the Blue line these days.
     
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  17. Importer/Exporter

    he’ll live forever in the sound of broken glass Supporter

    Happy Halloween!
     
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  19. Cmoney86

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    The 2024 twisted Christmas lineup


    Dec 10 Cage the elephant/franz Ferdinand/almost Monday
    Dec 11 All American rejects/the Maine/andrew McMahon/ Dexter and the moon rocks
    Dec 12 Smashing pumpkins/awolnation/badflower
    Dec 13 bush/bishop Briggs/palaye royale
     
  20. bradpetrik

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    Cool, another year I can skip Twisted.
     
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  21. Jim

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    love the pumpkins but im set on seeing them for a while, but otherwise yeah all of those are a big no from me.
     
  22. FloatUpstream

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    Might do the AAR day with the family. My dad and brother already like the Rejects and The Maine/Something Corporate have been two of my dad's favorite Riot Fest sets of the past few years so this seems like a no brainer
     
  23. bradpetrik

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    Especially if I have to suffer through Awolnation just to see them.
     
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  24. Was driving out of the west loop earlier and there's a stage on Madison in front of the United Center for some reason? There's a Hawks game tonight so maybe it's pre-entertainment for that?
     
  25. WadeCastle

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