Hey Packrat

The city of Chicago, not counting the Chicagoland area is made up of 77 community areas as it is called. Riverdale is one of them. Just like englewood, back of the yards, Lincoln park etc.

I'm parked in Riverdale, IL for the night. Another sketchy looking neighborhood.

Yeah Riverdale is sketch. I’m at the oasis off of 294 in South Holland at the moment getting fuel. Heading out to Fort Wayne area again for a reefer this time.

Riverdale . . . isn't that a TV show ?!?!?

Anne

Not to nitpick, riverdale is a very small chicago neighborhood it is also bordered by a village....... named riverdale. Very dumb but also very Chicagoland, lol.

Also bad decisions all around boys, I'm gonna assume packrat stayed at the loves on 94 which is awful, and who fuels at 294 service plazas??????

Lol well since you’re nitpicking you are incorrect. Riverdale is straight up Chicago. Chicagoland is the suburbs ie Riverside, Oak lawn, Alsip etc.

And who fuels at the service plazas on 294? People are aren’t limited to where they can fuel. I’m in and out in under ten minutes.

The city of Chicago, not counting the Chicagoland area is made up of 77 community areas as it is called. Riverdale is one of them. Just like englewood, back of the yards, Lincoln park etc.

I'm parked in Riverdale, IL for the night. Another sketchy looking neighborhood.

Yeah Riverdale is sketch. I’m at the oasis off of 294 in South Holland at the moment getting fuel. Heading out to Fort Wayne area again for a reefer this time.

Riverdale . . . isn't that a TV show ?!?!?

Anne

Not to nitpick, riverdale is a very small chicago neighborhood it is also bordered by a village....... named riverdale. Very dumb but also very Chicagoland, lol.

Also bad decisions all around boys, I'm gonna assume packrat stayed at the loves on 94 which is awful, and who fuels at 294 service plazas??????

Nope. We have a secured drop lot we utilize there. That's where I was dropping a loaded trailer for a T-Call, so I stayed put. No parking around Chicago after dark.

Sounds like all around good decisions to me

Nope. We have a secured drop lot we utilize there. That's where I was dropping a loaded trailer for a T-Call, so I stayed put. No parking around Chicago after dark.

Not sure about you bird, but as a lifelong Southside, south suburb and resident of Thornton and calumet townships I'm happy to correct you and direct you to the website for riverdale illinois villageofriverdale.net.

They also send their high school students to Thornridge highschool in neighboring dolton il which is part of district 215 which also encompasses Thornwood high school. Oddly enough Thornwood high school backs right up to the northbound side of 294 right at the lincoln oasis you fuel at. And just so happens to be my alma mater. Lol

On a nosier note for packrat, is that a jr shugel drop lot? Could you park a personal vehicle there while on the road or your truck for hometime?

And a correction for your Chicagoland misunderstanding.

Can’t say I have ever heard anybody say that they live in the suburb of Riverdale. Same as Englewood or Gresham or any other community in the city. But maybe that’s just me. I have no misunderstanding of the Chicagoland area. It’s all subjective I suppose.

Anything within 100 mile radius of Wrigley Field is Chicago metro as far as I'm concerned. Hammond all the way north to Beloit, and is not an area I enjoy traveling.

It's a secure drop lot used by J & R Schugel and a few others. There might be 75 various trailers there. I don't know if I could park a POV there but personally I would not. Trucks and trailers get banged up there as is.