Gee Vee

We now live in civilized safe and neighbor respecting Bridgeport.

What attracted us to Pilsen 8 years ago?
Proximity to loop and lake.
Less crowded than north side areas.
Not as commercialized, small businesses.
Medium rent rates , not the case in 2016.

We have resided in 12 Chicago neighborhoods.
Pilsen experience was the worst

BEWARE OF LAW BREAKING CHEATING LANDLORDS
One landlord, 23 year Chicago Firefighter, was going to Mexico with a friend periodically and smuggling
people into the country.
18th St and Carpenter.
I do not care about his smuggling business but he was putting as many as 8 adults and babies at a time in a
2nd floor 400 sq ft apartment.
Then come winter ,we start getting insane gas heat bills.
Called Peoples Gas and they said "Nope yours is the only meter there"
Long story short he was heating the smuggler apt and the stairwell on our gas.
When we busted him and started to move out I made him cough up $1100.00 recompense or I file a police report.
He paid but we were threatened by his teenage sons until we left.
Also:
A criminal child sexual assault happened in the apartment upstairs
I reported the baby screaming when left alone with the 10 year old cousin.
DCFS came out and angrily told us "There is no problem"
6 months later and after we moved there was a news report.
The now 11 year old violent boy was arrested for repeated sexual assaults on his 3 year old cousin.
They were related to the landlord

We moved 2 blocks away to Miller Street.
Lived there 4 years, shootouts on a regular from a long time dope house next door that DIST 12 Police
and Detectives were 'friendly' with as we and neighbors witnessed time and time again.
Very stressful, our pets became ill at times from the loud drug house and constant shootings.

RIPPED off again for electricity..to the tune of $300 the first year.
Landlord had his workshop power and a heat fan for an apt downstairs on our line.
Over time the drunk and violent husband left and the wife was even more ambitious about stealing our electricity.
Before the husband left I confronted him about it.
He became very verbally violent.
The next morning my car had a $600 dent in a side panel from a pipe or some object.

Pilsen apartments are often DANGEROUSLY out of code.
Especially wiring. You are really taking a chance unless
the building is owned by a known realty company

12th District police are terrible.
More reserved handicapped parking spots than any area of Chicago.
Triple than most. Alderman CAN arrange for those in payment of favors.

Racist Mexicans.
Yes, Mexican hatred of Caucasians, Americans can be brutal at times.
They openly display this.
The most favorite way is spitting harshly as you walk by.
Sitting on the porch and 2 Mexican men are walking up the block and take the time
to spit in front on the sidewalk. That as on a regular basis.
It is a depressing and filthy neighborhood with high rates of domestic violence, gang violence and petty crime.
Trash stacked up outside of garbage cans in every alley. Go look.

Some areas have more educated homeowners and are less garaged up.
If you are thinking of moving to Pilsen:
Go ahead and take a drive/bike inspect areas several times before you decide.
I had no idea how depressed we had become about our environment in Pilsen until we
moved to a ward of people who care and tend to their neighborhood.
We have lived in 12 neighborhoods in Chicago. None high income .