Going to Chicago 😬😬
Everything I keep reading about Chicago is that it’s very dangerous. I just wanted to ask if there is anywhere I can dance there that’s both safe and worth the trip?
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I have friends that live in the suburbs of Chicago in Elgin and Tinley Park. These are probably more affluent burbs and not quite so dangerous. There are clubs in or around both areas.
If I remember correctly @NinaBambina had danced there in years past.
At this point I would stay the fuck out of there. But if you got to work, I love PoleKatz in Bridgeview. A ton of hot girls there. Low mileage, noextras though they police the dances hard as fuck on cameras, but the girls are hot (IDK if you care about that but from my POV) A lot of staff, should be real safe. They bring in legit DJ's too, I think it's Wednesday's are throwback nights, 80's 90's house music kind of shit. Good stuff. Upscale spot.
Great food city too, check out Johnnies Beef in Elmwood Park. Awesome stuff.
I am going to Chicago to buy a car, not as a dance destination, but car purchase will keep me there for a few days. So, might as well try to work while I’m there!
Any info on the Windy City ? I'm of no use to you. But I'm thinking it's pretty cold in February. Good luck. This must be some special car.
Best of luck and let us (me) know which one you choose! :-)
I am buying a project 370z, it will be my 4th Nissan Z car, my third 3.7L VQ, my first 370z. Where I live is full of the confederate weirdos and they love American cars, so that’s what the used market consists of. That is NOT for me. So I had to travel a little to get a decent car at a non outrageous price.
I also learned in speaking with the CDC afterwards that the occurrence of this reaction is .02 people per million, before anyone freaks out. Anyway, I’ll see what they say!
A question: these are not all bikini bars in this town, right?
Heavenly Bodies northwest of the airport, All Star's and the three clubs (Bobby's, Carl's, Louie's) off of Mannheim Road are bikini clubs. Admiral Theatre is in a so-so area. It is an immigrant neighborhood of Mexicans, Muslims, and Slavs. Most of the dancers working there tended to be white with many of those further classified as Eastern European. Ocean Gentlemen's Club is in the middle of an industrial park in Bedford Park and only gets busy on weekends. It has over time become a black club with big parties when rappers come to town. Polekatz is in an industrial area of Bridgeview. It is pretty safe and most dancers are Latina and white with some chocolate and a couple Asians thrown into the mix. Club 390 is in an industrial area a ways south in Chicago Heights. It is safe when you are on the property, but the general area is not the best. It is about half black, half other ethnicity. The Deja Vu and Rick's in the city are widely viewed as clip joints for tourists. My home base is Chicago, and I don't strip club there because the clubs are low value in my opinion.
We used to be able to say that crime only happened in the ghetto areas of Chicago, but it is spreading everywhere now, even the far out suburbs. Last year was the highest number of murders in a year since 1994. Keep in mind there is lots of snow and ice this time of year. Not fun to drive a RWD car on ice or six inches of snow...
Woah, I thought you would have lived somewhere 250k people max! I’m surprised you live in a city
To the best of my knowledge he travels for work a lot and I assume why he hits a lot of small-town clubs - or maybe ur comment was based on the POVs he expresses
By no means throwing any shade, just wanted to know if anyone really thought that about me lol??
@papi both of those was why, hah.
@PSD: have fun! And hope it’s decent out there. I’ve always wanted to go to Chicago (and the Shedd Aquarium especially)
Was being sarcastic about being black though, everyone here knows I’m not cool enough for that lol.
And this is not the RWD Z car?
Usually FWD does well in snow, more weight on the driving wheels.
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I will second your recommendation of "Devil in the White City." ("White City" refers not to race but to the color of the buildings erected for the 1893 World's Fair in the area south of downtown that is now home to the University of Chicago.) One of the most unusual and engaging books I have ever read. I liked the stuff about the World's Fair, but the running account of the simultaneous atrocities of the serial killer -- a doctor -- happening just a few blocks away was fascinating. Hard to believe, yet all true.
I actually know a dancer in Chicago metro who's black and Pacific Islander. She lives in a quiet outer burb, but has to go to rough areas to get her hair done by people who know what they're doing. She's working on getting her permit to carry, but it's like pulling teeth in Illinois. She loves Miami but hasn't pulled the trigger yet on moving, I suspect for man reasons she doesn't care to discuss with me. She likes PoleKatz, but doesn't want to get jabbed, been working a straight job and at downstate clubs. She's underwhelmed with the $ downstate. I've only been to PoleKatz once, they seem to prefer to hire very petite white chicks who are borderline jailbait.
I never meet anyone who has read that book before even though it’s a best seller. I think the author also wrote a book about Napoleon (I thiiiiink, could be mistaken), which is very well reviewed too.
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This day is full of surprises 🥰
I’ve done the loop through Polekatz/Atlantis/390 a few times, everyone else’s comments are pretty accurate. Atlantis is in a very nice building but when I went it was either overcrowded or totally dead, not much fun for a solo PL. 390 has a mix of hot and ugly girls, I don’t feel unsafe there but I also wouldn’t be shocked to hear about a 2 AMer happening there. Polekatz is kind of a safe middle ground between the other two clubs.
Admiral Theatre is in my list to check out, but stuff I’ve read makes me not feel comfortable driving my nice car there.
However, I will say that I'll always have a fondness for Scores, and clubs that were in city limits were never that great- with the added annoyance of the city ordinance requiring pasties.
Sorry I don't have any good intel but I wanted to thank you for starting this thread... it's made me nostalgic (used to have a membership at the aquarium and I haven't thought about Devil in the White City in years- def a must read) and since I'm planning a trip back in the not too distant future, there's some stuff there that could be helpful for me too... so thanks! Hopefully, you'll follow up when you get back to let us know which club(s) you tried out and how it went?
Safe travels and congrats on the new car! 🔆😊🤗
Admiral theater has been less active the past couple trips, likely covid related.
Interesting there used to be a little neighborhood bar 2 doors west of admiral. They've been closed since covid. A year ago or so we walked west to the intersection and diagonal across was a liquor store with a bar in the back. All eastern European staff and customers except us. Acceptable place To grab n a quick drink between dances.
As for the city itself, the myth of Chicago as a dangerous place used to be terribly overblown, but unfortunately crime has been getting worse lately around here, even in most North Side neighborhoods (which used to be really very nice).
-Hiring was on Thursdays via the amateur contest (if they still do that)
-Hiring standards are high, they prefer slim white girls (you'll be fine)
-Fully nude, no alcohol
-Week nights are very slow
-Weekend nights are easy to make a grand at if you hustle
-Low contact
-Safe
Idk about the other Chicago clubs, they might be better if you're going during the week because week nights at Admiral are slow.
The closest strip club to the airport is Heavenly Bodies, used to be my favorite in the area a while ago. Not as upscale. My friends tell me it's picking up again, like they have lines outside, if that's true, then it should be sufficiently busy for dancers.
The others close to O'Hare in the other direction are the Mannheim/Stone Park clubs (Carl's, Louie, Bobbie, but they're not really strip clubs). I consider Stone Park to be less safe (but usually there are ton of cops around) and parking is hard to come by. The Stone Park clubs are Gold Room and Scores. I like Scores better than Gold, both are nicer than HBs.
I haven't been to Ocean's as it isn't on my way to anything.
I spend most of my time at Atlantis, 390, and Industrial Strip in Indiana, just across the border. I like Atlantis generally better than 390 but they both ebb and flow in terms of talent. Ford Heights (Atlantis) is ghetto, but the parking lot is manned at night and Chicago Heights isn't much better, but definitely safer. That being said, the clubs properties are safe. The clubs can be busy, especially Atlantis where they'll charge $20 for parking and $40 to enter.
The car fell through and I am no longer going to Chicago. 🥺