I used to go up there frequently, I have done it all. I have said F it, rather be tried by twelve than be carried by six, kept quiet and carried. Left it locked up at home, never liked that approach, and the all popular disassembled and locked in the trunk. Biggest life threat to me was the F ing traffic. Oak Park, Lincoln Park, do what had to be done and back home again to Indiana. I got held up buying chicken at Popeyes I think, cause their sales tax I believed was high, and saw some shady characters, but stayed away from the percieved bad areas. Good luck on your trip, let us know how it went. Its not like your going to Detroit, where there are no safe/safer areas period.