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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I took a preliminary trip to Chicago as I am considering moving. I had some quick impressions of suburbs. I’ve lived in DC (Cleveland Park, Columbia Heights/U Street) as well as in the Maryland and Virginia suburbs.

Evanston: I expected to like it more. Lots of dumpy/seedy parts. Beautiful houses near the lake, but of course those houses are $2mill to start. Downtown has lots of retail but again wasn’t very attractive. Housing was surprisingly expensive here. Is this because of the University or it’s proximity to the lake? Took absolutely forever to get to and from Chicago.

Wilmette: There’s nothing here! All houses, row after row with no retail. Western part had dumpy houses, exactly what I’d pictured the Midwest to be - tiny ranch homes from the 50s or 70s with jacked up roads and flat land. Eastern part had larger and more well kept houses, but there was absolutely zero retail. I drove the main strips and saw two hardware stores, a get, a dog washing place, a mail shop, and a sushi restaurant. Walking around, I didn’t see anyone under the age of 55.

Oak Park: beautiful houses in the central part of Oak Park. The western bits were surprisingly seedy as you got closer to Forest Park. Austin Blvd and further east started looking more like Jersey and Harlem. Coming from Silver Spring and Arlington/Falls Church City, I expected Oak Park to be more in your face liberal. It did have some BLM signs, but not like the DMV. I didn’t see any prayer flags up, for example. I’m surprised at the number of houses here sitting on the market when it’s the only suburb I’d consider living in so far. Is it the high taxes?[/quote]

I think your assessment is really weird. Personally I think Evanston is really beautiful and has several attractive business districts.  In my opinion Wilmette also has a nice downtown did you just not see it? There are tons of kids in wilmette even if you didn’t see them on your walk.

I agree with the other poster who said La Grange is really lovely. [/quote]

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