They shouldn't laugh. Gang violence in Chicago won't impact them and doesn't change how nice a city Chicago is to live in if you're wealthy and if you want to run a business; it is one of the great US cities. But it is also other things, at the same time. The violence in Chicago is no joke. I live just outside the city, in Oak Park, which is across Austin Blvd from the (rough) west side of Chicago. Black kids in Oak Park have friends in Austin --- why wouldn't they? It's across the street! --- and if they go hang out with their friends in Austin, they get shot.

The safe parts of Chicago are very safe. The dangerous parts of Chicago are, for residents or people who could be mistaken for residents, a calamity and a legitimate national embarrassment.