Murder at Hyatt Regency McCormick Place
Jan 23, 2016, 5:41 pm
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Murder at Hyatt Regency McCormick Place
http://wgntv.com/2016/01/23/man-kill...cormick-place/
Pretty scary, I knew Chicago was dangerous, I wonder what Hyatt will do differently? Will it be like in Asia where guests have to go through metal detectors?
Pretty scary, I knew Chicago was dangerous, I wonder what Hyatt will do differently? Will it be like in Asia where guests have to go through metal detectors?
Jan 23, 2016, 5:53 pm
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http://wgntv.com/2016/01/23/man-kill...cormick-place/
Pretty scary, I knew Chicago was dangerous, I wonder what Hyatt will do differently? Will it be like in Asia where guests have to go through metal detectors?
Pretty scary, I knew Chicago was dangerous, I wonder what Hyatt will do differently? Will it be like in Asia where guests have to go through metal detectors?
Hopefully the perp will be caught and brought to justice.
Jan 23, 2016, 8:01 pm
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Jan 23, 2016, 8:38 pm
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Jan 23, 2016, 8:56 pm
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Seriously? Let's not be silly. Chicago has the highest violent crime rate of America's largest cities, 60% higher than the per capita rate of LA. It's murder rate per capita is almost FOUR times what NYC is. Few cities report a weekend with like 15 homicides a weekend. Chicago is a violent and dangerous city. It is not San Pedro Sula, but to act like it is Tokyo or small town America is absurd.
Jan 23, 2016, 11:36 pm
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Agreed. it's not a safe city, it's also a very divided city. The majority of the homicides in Chicago happen just a few blocks, or a mile or two just south of the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place.
Seriously? Let's not be silly. Chicago has the highest violent crime rate of America's largest cities, 60% higher than the per capita rate of LA. It's murder rate per capita is almost FOUR times what NYC is. Few cities report a weekend with like 15 homicides a weekend. Chicago is a violent and dangerous city. It is not San Pedro Sula, but to act like it is Tokyo or small town America is absurd.
Jan 24, 2016, 5:53 am
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You could easily throw in Miami, D.C., Houston, Detroit, Baltimore, Philly, NYC, Jersey (pick a city), Oakland, Dallas, St. Louis, New Orleans, Portland or Atlanta in as "dangerous" cities.
This probably belongs in the Travel News or Omni/PR forum.
Jan 24, 2016, 6:01 am
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I'm travelling frequently through quite some Asian countries (incl. China, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, UAE, Bahrain..) and never had seen a metal detector at a hotel...do you mean maybe countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan etc.? - they're not really the "mainstream" countries I would take about.. (I've seen metal detectors in Europe, though..)
Jan 24, 2016, 6:16 am
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Huh? Which Asia do you mean??
I'm travelling frequently through quite some Asian countries (incl. China, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, UAE, Bahrain..) and never had seen a metal detector at a hotel...do you mean maybe countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan etc.? - they're not really the "mainstream" countries I would take about.. (I've seen metal detectors in Europe, though..)
I'm travelling frequently through quite some Asian countries (incl. China, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, UAE, Bahrain..) and never had seen a metal detector at a hotel...do you mean maybe countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan etc.? - they're not really the "mainstream" countries I would take about.. (I've seen metal detectors in Europe, though..)
Jan 24, 2016, 6:32 am
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Jan 24, 2016, 7:10 am
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Huh? Which Asia do you mean??
I'm travelling frequently through quite some Asian countries (incl. China, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, UAE, Bahrain..) and never had seen a metal detector at a hotel...do you mean maybe countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan etc.? - they're not really the "mainstream" countries I would take about.. (I've seen metal detectors in Europe, though..)
I'm travelling frequently through quite some Asian countries (incl. China, Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, UAE, Bahrain..) and never had seen a metal detector at a hotel...do you mean maybe countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan etc.? - they're not really the "mainstream" countries I would take about.. (I've seen metal detectors in Europe, though..)
Jan 24, 2016, 7:17 am
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http://wgntv.com/2016/01/23/man-kill...cormick-place/
Pretty scary, I knew Chicago was dangerous, I wonder what Hyatt will do differently? Will it be like in Asia where guests have to go through metal detectors?
Pretty scary, I knew Chicago was dangerous, I wonder what Hyatt will do differently? Will it be like in Asia where guests have to go through metal detectors?
No evidence of metal detectors in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, or Thailand.
Jan 24, 2016, 8:43 am
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http://time.com/4165576/chicago-murd...ngs-rise-2015/
Lovely city... so safe and pristine.
"Chicago had more homicides than any other city in 2015, according to the Chicago Tribune."
Sit on ones laurels Chicago.