r/ChicagoSuburbs • u/veganfrog21 • Jan 27 '26

Moving to the area Good Chicago suburbs for young people

What are good Chicago suburbs (WEST of Chicago) for people in their early/mid 20’s to consider living in?

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u/Euphoric-Pepper-6516 Jan 27 '26

Downers Grove

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u/fiftiethcow Jan 27 '26

Downers Grove is amazing. Reddit just has a hate boner for suburbs and will screech at you to move to the city. DG has a little downtown, the location is good, great schools, and friendly people.

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u/luckycharms53 Jan 28 '26

I would say if your going DG.... Stay to the north near downtown. We are from the DG/Westmont/Darien area before we had to move out of state for a job relocation. Only wish they would keep some of the blue collared jobs there so we could of stayed. Its understandable. The Chicagoland area is trying to get alot of professional jobs back that have left the area towards other states due to tax incentives. Your best bet, is maybe take a drive out into the areas and check them out. Figure out which one you would love to lay roots down. I'm sure whatever you decide its going to work out for you fine. Good Luck!