We asked readers where they feel most connected to their neighbors or other Chicagoans. Here’s what you told us, lightly edited for clarity:
“Waiting for the bus, because we all want the same thing.”
— Colling Pearsall
“On the salsa dance floor. So many people of various backgrounds and ages come together and speak the same language — dancing!”
— Martinez Galindo
“On my own block. [When I walk my dog] everyone is friendly, chats with each other and lets their dogs play.”
— Gina Beena
“At Wrigley Field with fellow diehard fans, especially when we’re singing ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ or ‘Go, Cubs, Go.'”
— Paul Lockwood
“A bird sanctuary along lakefront.”
— Jerry Goldner
“In our neighborhood. We know all of our neighbors. We have block parties twice a year. Most of the teachers at my daughter’s elementary school live in the neighborhood. Her third grade teacher lives three houses down from us, and another teacher lives directly across from her.”
— Karyn Pedraza
“Music Box Theater — always a pleasure to watch a great movie with an audience that knows great movies.”
— Michael Sewall
“McDonald’s for breakfast. You meet so many interesting individuals and groups of people from so many different walks of life. I met a man once who was part of an Air Force acrobat troop that toured the world entertaining our troops.”
— Dean R. Martin
“On our own block. We love our neighbors.”
— Darin Latimer
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