# Ed Zotti Chicago editorial / article **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-chicago-editorial-article/837845 "2019-07-30T00:27:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-chicago-editorial-article/837845/1 "2019-07-30T00:27:21Z")
I came across this editorial shortly ago and thought some might be interested is seeing new work from Ed. Or just seeing Ed, there’s a photo. > **[Chicago can be looked at as seven mini-cities](https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/7/28/8928935/chicago-seven-cities-neighborhoods-ed-zotti-city-crossroads)** > > Of those seven parts of the city, five are on the way up, one is treading water, and one remains in steep decline. That’s a big change since 2010. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-chicago-editorial-article/837845/2 "2019-07-30T00:53:57Z")
Hm. Which part of Chicago is it that has the toddling? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-chicago-editorial-article/837845/3 "2019-07-30T01:15:42Z")
Who? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-chicago-editorial-article/837845/4 "2019-07-30T01:24:05Z")
How old is that photo? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-chicago-editorial-article/837845/5 "2019-07-30T02:15:15Z")
That’s exactly the way he looks when he visits me in my dreams. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-chicago-editorial-article/837845/6 "2019-07-30T02:34:23Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > I came across this editorial shortly ago and thought some might be interested is seeing new work from Ed. Or just seeing Ed, there’s a photo. > > [Chicago: no longer just haves and have-nots but really seven mini-cities - Chicago Sun-Times](https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/7/28/8928935/chicago-seven-cities-neighborhoods-ed-zotti-city-crossroads) Hey! He looks just like Cecil! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-chicago-editorial-article/837845/7 "2019-07-30T02:58:52Z")
> [@thelmalou](#): > > that’s exactly the way he looks when he visits me in my dreams. TMI! Tmi! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-chicago-editorial-article/837845/8 "2019-07-30T12:19:12Z")
So he’s done two columns so far. On the 12th and the 28th. Not exactly a blazing weekly schedule plus quite a gap since the last SD column. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-chicago-editorial-article/837845/9 "2019-07-30T12:46:03Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > That’s exactly the way he looks when he visits me in my dreams. Sucubus? Incubus? I can never keep the two straight. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-chicago-editorial-article/837845/10 "2019-07-30T13:04:59Z")
anecdotally it sounds about right. the two times I’ve been to Chicago we were in South Deering, and it and the surrounding area were pretty dire. Not as bad as some areas of Detroit, mind, but definitely depressed. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-chicago-editorial-article/837845/11 "2019-07-30T15:31:20Z")
I don’t know the city but it’s my understanding that the south side of Chicago is the baddest part of town. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-chicago-editorial-article/837845/12 "2019-07-30T15:49:34Z")
I wonder why Ed didn’t further split North Side into Northwest Side and North Side. As a Chicagoan, I feel there’s a bit of a difference there (lot of Northwest Side neighborhoods echo the Southwest Side neighborhoods to me), but also, even on his map, you can sort of see a division between the two halves of the North Side in the “Which of Chicago’s Seven Cities Are Faring Best” map where the dark blue areas of the North Side are lighter shades of blue with the occasional green on the Northwest Side. I suppose “Seven Cities” has a better classical ring to it than “Eight Cities.”