Letters: Chicago's many neighborhoods beg to be explored

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Kudos to freelance journalist Jesse Wright for his Nov. 19 piece ( “When it comes to tourism, it’s all about diversity” ) encouraging the promotion of tourism throughout Chicago and not just Millennium Park, Navy Pier and the Magnificent Mile!

As a nonnative Illinoisan who settled 50 years ago in the Chicago area in large part because of the city’s many attractions — from parks, museums and restaurants to sports and architecture — in spite of its well-known high taxes and problems with crime and corruption, I have long thought that the perfect yearlong sabbatical would be to spend a few days exploring many of the city’s different neighborhoods.

And if — like most of us — you can’t do that, then at least try a few new neighborhoods a year.