What a multi-cultural area ( Cook and Lake counties ) I have met so many people-men and women,from FSU there. I was blown away when a Ukraine lady insisted I accept a 40 dollar tip-stuffing it in my pants pocket. It is ironic that so many people in Chicago will not venture outside their own areas to date--the commute is torture. Yet we all know and endorse not only leaving our comfortable little lives and communities--but our countries and the safety of "the known" for this same purpose.