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I'll be lookin to move to one soon. Don't know much about them, but can't yet afford the rich northern ones. Here's the criteria:
1. awesome school district
2. access to train to commute
3. reasonably priced housing (for a Chi suburb)

So far Naperville seems pretty cool, friend of mine mentioned St. Charles last night. Gogo.

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Naperville is a nice town (reasonable priced housing is ???? there)

If you can afford Naperville.... you can also afford Libertyville on the north, or even a step down from that ...Gurnee.

Palatine is an option, possibly Schaumburg.

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Northbrook is good. The Metra runs right through the middle of the damn place. Great schools and alot of good people. Some are those rich snobby [censored] that yell at me and my buddies for playing football in the street. But I would live there in a heartbeat.

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i grew up in elmhurst. train runs right through it, and 290 (the eisenhower) runs through it as well, which will take you downtown.

schools? well i'm not a complete moran.

i read something, a year ago, about the avg home prices being $750,000 but this seems retardedly high to me.

course it's been 15 years since i've lived there.

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Naperville is a nice town (reasonable priced housing is ???? there)

If you can afford Naperville.... you can also afford Libertyville on the north, or even a step down from that ...Gurnee.

Palatine is an option, possibly Schaumburg.

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Yes, Naperville is a very nice town with a great school district. In fact, IIRC, it was recently rated as the second best city to raise a family in the US. But, due to it's reputation, it is quite expensive.

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I'll be lookin to move to one soon. Don't know much about them, but can't yet afford the rich northern ones. Here's the criteria:
1. awesome school district
2. access to train to commute
3. reasonably priced housing (for a Chi suburb)

So far Naperville seems pretty cool, friend of mine mentioned St. Charles last night. Gogo.

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Some more detail would help. What is your price range for the home? How many children do you have - will you be looking for a big 4-bedroom house or maybe a 2-bedroom condo would do? And you will be commuting downtown, I assume? Any other preferences? (e.g. you prefer the western suburbs over the northern ones)

-bigbootch

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Awesome. I'm really just lookin for a nice place to raise a family. Lisle (Naperville's neighbor) was ranked like 20th in the last "best places to live" article. Of course it's only like 22K people though.

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I wouldn't suggest Naperville, anyone from there automatically gains the attitude they are better than anyone from the surrounding cities, very snobby. Lisle would be a good choice, Four Lakes would be a nice choice for low cost. Lots of stuff to do in the neighborhood (snowboarding, tennis, volleyball, etc and a sweet lodge) and everyone seems really friendly. Also Batavia/Geneva are pretty nice areas. Chicago suburbs really are just a great place to live.

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What is your price range for the home?


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Don't really have a definite one, but 250-300Kish I guess

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How many children do you have - will you be looking for a big 4-bedroom house or maybe a 2-bedroom condo would do?


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Wont have children for another ~3 years, so 1-2 bedroom starting out would be fine, but would like to move into 4 bedroom in ~3 years (by then my price range will have risen of course)

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And you will be commuting downtown, I assume? Any other preferences? (e.g. you prefer the western suburbs over the northern ones)


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Yea, I'll most likely be trainin it. As far as preference, all I know is that north is pricy and south is shootings, so somewhere in the middle???

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just move to the city... there are condos going up everywhere you look.