Probably the most visited section of Chicago is its large central area, which contains neighborhoods such as Downtown, River North, Streeterville, Old Town, the Gold Coast, Central Station, the South Loop, Printer's Row, Greek Town, and the Near West Side among others.As far as Chicago's weather goes, well let's just claim that Chicago is a huge city so things tend to have blown out of porportion a lot more than they'd in other cities, that includes the weather. The winters in Chicago are indeed cold, but the same holds true for the majority of the United States from Maine to Utah, with the exception of the Deep South and Hawaii. In reality, Chicago receives less precipitation (snow and rain) in the wintertime than East Coast cities like New York City or Boston.

Just like a lot of major cities in America, you can find two very different Chicagos: one that's vibrant, upscale, and very safe and one other that's poor, gang-infested, and crime-ridden. Although the majority of the city's tourist attractions are well-distanced from any areas with high crime rates, it is important to know where in Chicago you is going to be visiting, and best steer clear of the neighborhoods you hear have a poor reputation. Overall, the North Side and the downtown area have the great reputations, and the South and West Sides have the bad reputations, with a couple of areas being the exception.

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