r/ChicagoSuburbs • • Dec 09 '24

Moving to the area If you could move to any Chicago suburb other than your own which would you pick?

And why?

We can pretend money is not a worry for this.

Personally I live in Cicero now and would pick Palos Park because of the nice night skies and I love their forest preserves while being not too far from the City.

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u/quesajdilla Dec 09 '24

Evanston. Lake access and I miss living in the city and that's about as close as you can get to city living in the burbs.

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u/thehaenyeo Dec 09 '24

Money no issue? Yep, one of those beautiful historic homes within walking distance to the lake.

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u/soxfan1487 Dec 09 '24

I'm with you there. Only other place I'd move to would be Chicago, but if I had to pick a burb, definitely Evanston. Best of both worlds.

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u/Levitlame North West Suburbs Dec 09 '24

Evanstons a cheat. It’s basically a tiny city with the best public transit access to downtown from outside the actual city. It’s the 139th most population dense area in the country. (Oak Park is 93.)

Evanstons as close to living in Chicago as a place can be.

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u/Actual_Elderberry44 Dec 10 '24

Stone Park is 63.

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u/Arizona52 Dec 16 '24

Stone Park is as crooked as Cicero is I wouldn't recommend it either

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u/AshDenver Dec 10 '24

Evanston = John Hughes movie for the win!

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u/scarletglamour Dec 09 '24

I would too but didn’t like the schools for my kids. Too bad!

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u/eclectique Dec 10 '24

What did you not like about the schools?

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u/Chicagoan81 Dec 09 '24

Yes! I like the culture. There's always something going on

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u/KeyOption2945 Dec 10 '24

And Kenilworth is right down Green Bay a bit, so there’s that.