The June Issue Of Chicago Magazine

I recently received the June Issue of Chicago Magazine, whose cover story is titled Best Places to Live, both in Chicago proper and the suburbs. The number one spot was Woodlawn, located just to the south of the Midway Plaisance and the University of Chicago on Chicago's South Side. This was a pretty iffy area back when I lived in Chicago, but evidently is undergoing some serious gentrification these days. Number two on the list is South Shore, located along Lake Michigan and also on the South Side. I remember this neighborhood as being quite pleasant. However, I read an article not too long ago - also in Chicago Magazine - that the ground floors of buildings just across the street from the lake in South Shore were being flooded on a regular basis due to the rising level of Lake Michigan, with no solution in sight. So was the first article wrong or an exaggeration, or is South Shore not the bargain paradise mentioned in this month's issue? Questions, questions. And yes! That is indeed my condo's swimming pool in the background of the photograph above. However, since the temperatures have been in the 40s and 50s lately here in Denver, there have not been too many swimmers yet. The wimps. After all, as I recall, back in Chicago people would dive into Lake Michigan even in January. Not me, of course. Other people.