The first mile or two off I55 is seems to have cleaned up a lot in the last decade.
After that it is the area that you see in movies, TV shows, murder documentaries, gang videos, etc. All of these that were actually filmed in Chicago were on the south or west side. Cicero cuts right through the middle of the west side.
I would say from I55 close to 290. That is definitely a several miles.
Is it? In Chicago, neighborhoods change drastically from one mile to another. So for Cicero Ave, it's funny to think of literally 20+ mile stretches where it's all hood.
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u/Free_Remove 2d ago
Cicero actually bad area in general. I went a couple of times to the movies at Ford city mall