Nikkole was great at communicating and providing suggestions both before and during the stay. The neighbhorhood is good. We were nervous at first but started to explore a little more with time. We took the subway during the day. We were not brave enough to attempt it at night and used Uber a lot during that timeframe. It was about a ten minute walk to the Blue line train (Chicago). We would ride that a couple of stops to Clark/Lake and change trains/lines there to access most of the places we were going in Dowtown. The subway card was $25 ($5 of it was a fee for the card) for a 7 day pass. We found it convenient to use. We went to several of the things that Nikkole recommended and enjoyed our stay.