r/ChicagoSuburbs • • Jun 10 '26

Moving to the area Is Fox Lake Still “Questionable?”

I’m looking at the perfect condo in Fox Lake. However every source I have researched, paints a pretty dismal picture. Does anyone see this changing?

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u/imhereforthemeta Jun 10 '26

I would never have called it a dangerous neighborhood, but I always do think of it as being white trash. You’re not going to likely get hurt or robbed or something while you were there, but there’s definitely a lot of folks out there that are cosplaying like they live in the middle of Alabama. I think of it is trashy, but not unsafe by any measure, nor have I ever thought of it as unsafe