My Block, My Hood, My City | Page 23

I didn’t m ove next to the air port. E! M O T XT E N D OVE M T R PO R I A E TH JET NOISE by Jac Courier Right from the jump, northwest side resident Jac Courier acknowledged that some Chicagoans might view his neighborhood’s problems as frivolous, compared to issues that plague other Chicago communities, like crime, drugs, poverty, etc. But in order for Chicago to be a world-class city, we all have to realize that we’re all better together, and nobody’s issues should be excluded from the vision of Chicago. It doesn’t matter if the issue is schools, poverty, or, in his case, air noise. 21