Chicago - whats it like living there?
Oct 21st 2006, 2:01 am
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Re: Chicago - whats it like living there?
Originally Posted by Bob
yeah, but there in the world series, at least 
Oct 21st 2006, 2:38 am
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Re: Chicago - whats it like living there?
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
About time
Oct 21st 2006, 9:26 pm
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Re: Chicago - whats it like living there?
Originally Posted by Hiro11
I live in DuPage (Wheaton), here's my impressions of the key towns:
1. Lombard: fairly cheap, OK schools, rapidly gentrifying.
2. Glen Ellyn: fairly expensive, good to great schools, a "striver" town.
3. Hinsdale, Oak Brook and Burr Ridge: extremely expensive, very good location, huge houses, great schools
4. Elmhurst: developed, fairly expensive, yuppie/commuter-ville.
5. Wheaton: actually feels like a "real community", very (very) Christian and Republican, very family focused, excellent schools, mid-priced-to-expensive.
6. Naperville/Aurora- booming expansion, lots of huge tracts of McMansions, great schools, thriving downtown (in Naperville), Aurora is further out and cheaper.
7. Carol Stream/Glendale Heights/Villa Park/Bolingbrook/Roselle: fairly non-descript cheaper towns with not very good schools.
8. Bloomingdale/Itasca/Addison/Downer's Grove/Lisle: fairly non-descript mid-priced towns with good schools.
9. Medinah: tiny and pricey.
1. Lombard: fairly cheap, OK schools, rapidly gentrifying.
2. Glen Ellyn: fairly expensive, good to great schools, a "striver" town.
3. Hinsdale, Oak Brook and Burr Ridge: extremely expensive, very good location, huge houses, great schools
4. Elmhurst: developed, fairly expensive, yuppie/commuter-ville.
5. Wheaton: actually feels like a "real community", very (very) Christian and Republican, very family focused, excellent schools, mid-priced-to-expensive.
6. Naperville/Aurora- booming expansion, lots of huge tracts of McMansions, great schools, thriving downtown (in Naperville), Aurora is further out and cheaper.
7. Carol Stream/Glendale Heights/Villa Park/Bolingbrook/Roselle: fairly non-descript cheaper towns with not very good schools.
8. Bloomingdale/Itasca/Addison/Downer's Grove/Lisle: fairly non-descript mid-priced towns with good schools.
9. Medinah: tiny and pricey.
Excellent information on Chicagoland. We lived there for 25 years, initially in Hyde Park on the South Side and for a few years in Glen Ellyn a western suburb. We then moved for a dozen years to the New York area before retiring to the South. If it was not for winter weather I would move back to Chicago in a heartbeat. Luckily we still visit frequently to see friends and our son who lives walking distance from Wrigely Field.
Oct 22nd 2006, 6:44 am
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Re: Chicago - whats it like living there?
Originally Posted by gemini
Excellent information on Chicagoland. We lived there for 25 years, initially in Hyde Park on the South Side and for a few years in Glen Ellyn a western suburb. We then moved for a dozen years to the New York area before retiring to the South. If it was not for winter weather I would move back to Chicago in a heartbeat. Luckily we still visit frequently to see friends and our son who lives walking distance from Wrigely Field.
Oct 22nd 2006, 11:34 pm
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Re: Chicago - whats it like living there?
Originally Posted by cybersecretary
Thanks for all the info everyone, surely the weather must be ok during spring and autumn and perhaps in the summer (humidity/thunder/tornados permitting). I presently live in not so sunny Suffolk, I wont miss the drizzle from here, I guess at least the weather does it in extreme form over there rather than the general insipid stuff we get here.
Oct 23rd 2006, 5:24 pm
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Re: Chicago - whats it like living there?
husband going over for interview next wednesday to friday ----- so watch this space.......
Oct 23rd 2006, 5:48 pm
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Re: Chicago - whats it like living there?
Originally Posted by cybersecretary
husband going over for interview next wednesday to friday ----- so watch this space.......
Oct 23rd 2006, 5:52 pm
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Re: Chicago - whats it like living there?
Originally Posted by Ray
A scorching 43f there today ......
Oct 23rd 2006, 5:53 pm
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Re: Chicago - whats it like living there?
Originally Posted by cybersecretary
whats that in english?
Oct 23rd 2006, 5:56 pm
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Re: Chicago - whats it like living there?
Originally Posted by Ray
43 degrees Fahrenheit = 6.11111111 degrees Celsius
Oct 23rd 2006, 6:28 pm
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Re: Chicago - whats it like living there?
Originally Posted by cybersecretary
bbbrrrrrrrr. well you know, i am always on the look out for a shopping opportunity
You know we set a record this year, right? Had snow the earliest ever.
Oct 23rd 2006, 6:59 pm
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Re: Chicago - whats it like living there?
Originally Posted by Maz
39F / 4C right now. Oh joy. You know we set a record this year, right? Had snow the earliest ever.
You know we set a record this year, right? Had snow the earliest ever.
Oct 23rd 2006, 7:09 pm
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Re: Chicago - whats it like living there?
We had the opportunity to live in Chicago in '94. Loved the city but didn't like many of the surrounding areas...housing estates as far as the eye can see...all centred around the church and club house. Too many people trying to talk us into going to church for my liking.
Oct 23rd 2006, 7:13 pm
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Re: Chicago - whats it like living there?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
We had the opportunity to live in Chicago in '94. Loved the city but didn't like many of the surrounding areas...housing estates as far as the eye can see...all centred around the church and club house. Too many people trying to talk us into going to church for my liking.
Oct 23rd 2006, 7:16 pm
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Re: Chicago - whats it like living there?
Originally Posted by Maz
39F / 4C right now. Oh joy. You know we set a record this year, right? Had snow the earliest ever.
You know we set a record this year, right? Had snow the earliest ever.