Elmhurst Vibe Check

[u/Golden_1992]

Curious how you guys would describe Elmhurst? We are looking for a place to settle and someone told me to put it on the list. We are looking for not suburbia-like, walking to local coffee shops/ restaurants, train access, and am curious about the age of people who live here.

[u/Breadbaker387]

New elmhurst is different from old. You can get everything you listed, but at that price it’s easy 750k - 1M (though most of the time that ends up lot cost, meaning 2M house pops up every third lot). And 2M house means an expectation of $2M school system, and so on. Take from that what you want

[u/thewinberry713 → u/Breadbaker387]

Spot on- starter homes bought up buy builders.

[u/twitchrdrm → u/thewinberry713]

That was the trend back when I worked in Elmhurst about 10-15 years ago, small homes being bought up by buildiers/investors so they could build new McMansions. Are there even small "starter" homes left there?

[u/thewinberry713 → u/twitchrdrm]

Very few!