Chicago suburbs

[the crabs]

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.

[oddjob]

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.

[poker1O1]

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.

[spechell edd]

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.

[pokah5]

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

[z28dreams]

I don't think 250-300k will buy you much of a SFH in Chicago in the 'nicer' suburbs.

My guess is that most 3bed+ home in naperville/schaumburg/similar are closer to the 500-600k mark.

Your best bet is probably to look far west or north if you want to stick w/ the SFH route.

[z28dreams]

FWIW, I'm also looking to possibly move back to Chicago within 6mos to 2 years, and would like to hear suggestions for good places for singles to live (I'm 27).

Prefer good 'bang for the buck', and train access is pretty important.

[bigbootch]

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FWIW, I'm also looking to possibly move back to Chicago within 6mos to 2 years, and would like to hear suggestions for good places for singles to live (I'm 27).

Prefer good 'bang for the buck', and train access is pretty important.

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Not sure exactly how your priorities stack up, but what about Evanston (assuming you want to rent and not buy)? You could also try for a place in the city, maybe the West Loop for lower prices...

-bigbootch

[pokerbobo]

Based on your revised info... I would check out this town. No Metra station, but depending on what side of town you live on, its only about 6-8 miles to get to the Libertyville, Waukegan, or Prairie Crossing stations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurnee,_Illinois

[cliffspiro]

For what it's worth, I live in Naperville and it is a nice community, diverse in nature and rather affluent. Downtown is pretty live. In terms of poker, there is live poker in Aurora and Joliet which are 20 minutes away, though much better are in E.Chicago and Hammond, Indiana an hour away. Naperville is well-represented at the WSOP.