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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Housing prices will be much lower.  You can get into the north shore suburbs for much less than what you'd pay for an equivalent location here[/quote]

There is no Nova equivalent to the North Shore, sorry keep dreaming.

OP, we just relocated to a Chicago suburb last year and paid in your range. Generally, the housing stock in the most desirable suburbs (of which there is a lot to choose) is older than 90s because Chicago suburbs are much more established than in Nova which is comparatively new. But that is what makes the suburbs here so much nicer IMO. If you want something newer you will be moving further out. It’s also worth noting than the public schools in the Chicago suburbs are generally much more broadly and consistently highly rated than nova public schools which appeared to only have small pockets of good schools which drove up the values and competitiveness in those small areas. That’s not the case here, schools are excellent.

Also, people always point to the winters here as being an issue but the way winters are handled here compared to NOva is a huge game changer. The roads get cleared ASAP, schools and daycares rarely close for snow days. When we lived in Alexandria, that was such a headache the face that every other week our kids were home bc daycare was closed due to the region not adequately able to remove and handle snow.

We have so many restaurants where we live, so many bike trails, parks, community events, a downtown area with three metra stops within a mile of our home if we wanted to go into the city. Love it, best decision we made.

It’s not a lot cheaper than nova, but generally yes you can get much more for your money in terms of location, schools and community niceness. Keep in mind though there is no open land here for building so housing stock is older. A lot is from the 20s through the 60s and 70s.  Further out you’ll get 80s and 90s.[/quote]

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