What Chicago suburbs are nice?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We lived in Lake Forest for 15 years and we loved it. But, it’s lack of diversity always concerned us. The excellent high school had a black football coach and a black superintendent but there was always an undercurrent questioning their competence.

It seems so boring and white bread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Budget is up to $1 million. Live in WL district in Arlington and like it. I have heard not so great things about the north shore area, particularly those feeding into New Trier- the whole conspicuous consumption, rich kid affluenza thing. And a total pressure cooker environment. True or not?

We like neighborhoods with sidewalks, trees, prefer older homes although new homes are fine but very much against tract homes, cul-de-sac-y type subdivisions.

No more of a pressure cooker environment than in Arlington. It's just that unlike Virginia, the state schools in IL suck.

[Anonymous]

I'm not from Chicago but visit the area often with DH. He likes River Forest. The neighborhoods feed into Oak Park River Forest High School and there is an El station.

I don't get the Cabrini-Green reference.

[Anonymous]

What about Park Ridge?

[Anonymous]

Barrington is lovely.