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I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.

I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen.

I was raised on the Southside of Chicago, and my whole family was musically-inclined.

We grew up in a middle-class family in Chicago. Even when we went on vacation as a family, it wasn't a really fun time, because my father didn't want to spend any money when we got there.

I was 16. In the middle of the night, I took a taxi to the Detroit train station - or maybe it was the Pontiac train station? - and got on a train to Chicago, then transferred to a train to San Diego where my boyfriend was living at the time.

I grew up in Chicago, but when I was 12, I came to New York because I was doing an episode of 'Law & Order.'

In the days and months I spent walking through the various communities of this city, I found that Chicago did not work for everyone, however.

While I've lived in L.A. since 1985, I'll always consider Chicago my home town and have much affection for it. My parents and sister still live there so I try to visit as often as I'm able.

I grew up in Batavia, Ill., a small town out in the corn fields, west of Chicago. It was boring.