I have a friend who lives in the South Side of Chicago. I helped out at a church charity there where they try to give a bit of cohesion to a desperate area. Everyone was very welcoming.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I married a woman from New Orleans, so I had family here. Post-Katrina, I had a number of friends call me up and say they wanted to do something to help the community - not just Habitat for Humanity or Red Cross, we've done that, but what can we do for the community.
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.
Chicago's always a friendly place to me.
I have amazing friends who have led inspirational lives.
I'm very, very involved in charities involving youth.
I donate heavily to the church and various churches in the Detroit community and food banks.
It's a tough town, it's a loving town, it's a supportive town, and that's why so many great news people, journalists have come through Chicago or are from Chicago.
I have an awesome church home and an awesome Pastor down in L.A., and I couldn't be happier.
I've spent my life visiting a handful of people who are very close to me when they've been committed to one hospital or another in New York.
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