Entire family vacation

I got a great hotel in south side Chicago that I had the pleasure of spending a night in back in '90. Noisy red neon sign right outside the window, no A/C in July, fights in the alley, sirens all night. It was awesome......to leave.
I gave the older (black) cabby the address and he looked back at me over his glasses and said "You wanna go here?" Ha, should have known....
Did the train come by so often you didn't even notice it?