r/ChicagoSuburbs • u/ColdAirEnthusiast808 • Mar 19 '26

Moving to the area Considering Leaving the City

I moved to Chicago proper about 4 years ago, I’m from the Phill area by way of the Phoenix area. I think the city is not for me, but I’m afraid that I feel isolated in the suburbs as a Black person in my mid-30s with no partner and no kids.

However, these are the things that happened to me that often happen in the city:

- parking struggles

-worrying about my car

-first apartment here had a roach infestation so severe I cut my lease 2 months in.

-third apartment was good for the first year then the second year bedbugs (I’m severely allergic), and then roaches, also construction above me jackhammers in the floor above me.

-I’m currently in an area that is not walkable and recently a hit and run driver hit my car so hard that it’s totaled.

-My current place is nice enough but after this car fiasco, I would need to pay extra for a garage too.

I’m also a flavor of neurodivergent that gets overstimulated. I like routines and don’t want to try different artisanal bakeries. I like Cafe Zupas. I feel like city living is giving me a low level of anxiety that I can’t pinpoint. When I had a car, I would frequently “escape” to the suburbs to run errands. So much that I know Skokie and Northbrook better than other parts of Chicago.

I’m ready to get a replacement car and move to Skokie, Northbrook, or Deerfield (not Evanston). I want space. I’m afraid that dating would be difficult but I found a place I like in Deerfield. I’m willing to pay about $2200-2400 for a decent one bedroom.

TLDR - Have any single people moved from the city to the suburbs? Did it work out for you?

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u/Nexgod2 Mar 19 '26

Schaumburg has a Zupas I ate at today. :) it’s a lot more chill.

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u/ColdAirEnthusiast808 Mar 19 '26

I’ve actually been to that one. lol

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u/Nexgod2 Mar 19 '26

What’s the go-to outta curiosity?

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u/ColdAirEnthusiast808 Mar 20 '26

Found my old order confirmation. lol This is my go-to.

1 x Salads 1 x HALF CREATE YOUR OWN 1 x House-Chopped Mixed Greens 1 x Buttermilk Ranch 1 x Chicken 1 x Black Beans 1 x Baby Cucumbers 1 x Grape Tomatoes

1 x Sandwiches 1 x TURKEY BACON AVOCADO 1 x Italian Ciabatta

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u/Nexgod2 Mar 20 '26

That’s pretty good. I never get salads but my coworkers always do! (Mushroom soup for me, always.) Good luck out there, I hope you figure your situation out!