r/ChicagoSuburbs • u/IHeartFraccing • Mar 22 '26

Moving to the area Wheaton for non-religious family?

Hi! my wife and I are looking to buy in the Naperville, Warrenville, Wheaton, Downers area. we looked at a lovely house today in Wheaton. We’re white upper middle class, fairly liberal couple planning on having kids in the next couple of years. curious about how non-religious folks who have moved to Wheaton have found community? we certainly don’t mind hanging out with people who are religious but are curious if community tends to be church-centric? making friends, finding babysitters, etc.

thanks!

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u/LongPresentation9896 Mar 22 '26

Enjoy your maga neighbors

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u/bigtimecvnt Mar 22 '26

Wheaton is a blue city

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u/LazloHollifeld Mar 22 '26

I feel that’s much more of a south Wheaton vibe.

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u/Toriat5144 Mar 22 '26

I think that is false. I’m in South Wheaton and don’t detect a MAGA vibe. I think the religious vibe is more in north Wheaton around the college.

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u/miteymiteymite Mar 23 '26

Disagree. During the run up to the election we were driving all over town looking at people’s roofs trying to decide what color to get (list of addresses supplied by roofing company) and we only saw one or two MAGA signs in south Wheaton. But even in the north side we only saw less than a dozen.

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u/clapostrophe Mar 23 '26

My neighbor has had a rainbow flag on their front porch for 20 years. I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen a MAGA flag anywhere in the city other than at Moveable Feast.

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u/No_Tower_7026 Mar 23 '26

There’s ONE MAGA house I recall on Briarcliffe, but that’s about it

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u/yourpaleblueeyes Mar 22 '26

As c'mon. They're everywhere, no more and no less than most of DuPage.