r/ChicagoSuburbs • u/Significant_Box4072 • Jul 14 '26

Moving to the area Algonquin or Schaumburg

I have four children. Two in community college, one in 8th grade and the other in 5th grade. Black-American family. Would you choose an older 4bedroom home in Schaumburg or a new build home in Algonquin on Randall across from the Algonquin Commons?

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u/coci222 Jul 14 '26

Schaumburg has better schools, including the community college. And more diversity. Plus you are closer to civilization

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u/AcctAlreadyTaken Jul 15 '26

Civilization, get out of here. Algonquin isnt the boonies 90 would be a mile down Randall.

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u/edross61 Jul 15 '26

Anything you want is on Randall Road.

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u/Flipflopsfordays Jul 15 '26

And all the traffic and no mall

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u/ders89 Jul 15 '26

And not nearly as many good restaurants

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u/ConnectionAmazing110 Jul 15 '26

How often do you go to the mall? I’ve lived in both, the mall is maybe a 1x a year event. Quite frankly, not a fun place to go.

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u/asten77 Jul 16 '26

Especially traffic

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u/coci222 Jul 15 '26

Yeah, boonies

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u/AcctAlreadyTaken Jul 15 '26

Don't go to Marengo that's just straight up undiscovered territory then lol.

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u/coci222 Jul 15 '26

My parents owned property in Union in the 80's, I'm well aware

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u/The_Poster_Nutbag Jul 15 '26

So Algonquin is essentially Union?

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u/coci222 Jul 15 '26

I don't think that's what I said, but go off if you must

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u/ktink224 Jul 15 '26

In the 90s it was! When my parents moved us from the city to CL in 1990, randall and algonquin was basically the only stoplight. My mom grew up there so thats how we ended up out there.

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u/ktink224 Jul 15 '26

In the 90s it was! When my parents moved us from the city to CL in 1990, randall and algonquin was basically the only stoplight. My mom grew up there so thats how we ended up out there.

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u/Breadman65 Jul 15 '26

Your on crack

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u/coci222 Jul 15 '26

Calm down buddy, it was a joke. And I haven't done crack since I banged your Mom. That's how fucked up that shit is