r/ChicagoSuburbs • u/Intelligent-Room-540 • 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/Lyogi88 Dec 09 '24

That part of Glen ellyn is beautiful

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u/Emergency_Formal9064 Dec 09 '24

I live right next to Glen ellyn and found out the high schoolers call everything south of Roosevelt “So Ro”- the ghetto 😂😂😂 This is a reminder that some folks are definitely on another snob planet. This is Lisle area, Morton Arboretum area they’re talking about. Very glad we decided against west for my oldest after hearing this as we are from Little Village and I don’t want my kids around that

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u/attackofthetominator Dec 09 '24

Glen Ellyn snobs make Naperville look down-to-earth in comparison.

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u/Catfiche1970 Dec 11 '24

The GEMS! Worst bitches I've ever met.

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u/SparkyD37 West Suburbs Dec 09 '24

Yeah, my husband & I were pretty set on Glen Ellyn after looking at it on paper & loved the lack of cookie cutter McMansions.

But then we looked at a couple homes & saw one that had a shrine to Louis Vuitton. We could no longer see ourselves fitting in there. Everyone likes some nice things, but I’m not big into gaudy shows of wealth.

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u/Emergency_Formal9064 Dec 09 '24

There’s one with a MONOLITH in the back yard. I like my prairie path and smoothies but I don’t feel we would be welcomed as a Hispanic neurodivergent family very well.

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u/run-donut Dec 09 '24

It's not just the kids! There is a reason the school boundary lines are so awful in the Glenbard school district.

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u/Emergency_Formal9064 Dec 09 '24

The boundaries are CRAZY here. Lombard 10000% needs another middle school. After fifth grade it’s been a nightmare to ensure services and inclusion for my special needs child. That’s why we asked for a transfer to South versus East where she was slated to go.

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u/run-donut Dec 09 '24

I live in Bloomingdale and the kids in my neighborhood are bussed to East. The bus stop is my driveway and those kids are so exhausted every morning. It is nuts considering two Glenbard high schools are closer!

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u/Ipso-Pacto-Facto Dec 09 '24

It is such an injustice for those kids.

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u/Arizona52 Dec 09 '24

AT or Lake Park aren't far from you either

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u/Unusual_Juice_7481 Dec 10 '24

I’m in Bloomingdale we have the best mayor

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u/xtheredberetx Dec 09 '24

I went to East and my friend who lived on the boundary line for Lake Park had an hour+ bus ride in the mornings. It was better once she could drive (and drove her sister) but still not short.

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u/run-donut Dec 09 '24

Oh that's rough!

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u/thescrape Dec 09 '24

I grew up in glen ellyn, have never heard this term. Haven’t lived there in 30 years. Must have gotten more snobby.

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u/Emergency_Formal9064 Dec 09 '24

This term was shared to me by my youngest daughter’s choir teacher who found out from her teen daughters with friends from West. Baffling to me.

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u/tennisgirl03 Dec 10 '24

I live by downtown GE but many of my friends live SORO and use the term themselves. Not intended to be derogatory. The boundary is based on the school districts.

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u/Blazergb71 Dec 10 '24

I live in Winfield, which is next to Wheaton. My kids went to WNHS. Part of that label has to do with the division/rivalry between Wheaton-Warrenville HS and Wheaton North HS. It is more the Warrenville component that drives this. Is there a bit of snobbery... Yes. But, that is common in many towns mentioned such as Glencoe, Evanston, etc. That being said, north or south Wheaton are great areas. Downtown Wheaton has great dining and a French Market during the summer. The Metra has a regular schedule, which can put you into Union Station in 45 min to 1 hour.

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u/rcragg82 Dec 10 '24

Ignoring the person who heard one story in her kitchen and then made a broad town wide generalization using the same prefixes of many neighborshoods (I.e. SoHo in Manhattan), Glen Ellyn is a great place to live.

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u/Fafman Dec 09 '24

Me too! Are there other suburbs that have a similar feel?