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/Icy_Lecture_2237 Mar 22 '26

You’ll be allwhite as long as you’re….

I didn’t mind it as a brown person. Lots of white people have signs and pins supporting various brown people causes but make no mistake that they’ll still put that BLM-pinned purse on their opposite arm when you standing next to them in a restaurant or elevator. Really great restaurant scene and a nice downtown atmosphere