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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ll give Evanston another shot! How are the public/private schools? [/quote]Evanston is great, but nice houses are really expensive. Schools seem pretty good to excellent and there are several privates. I know many professionals who are satisfied with the public schools. I think it'd be both a good place to live without kids - and with.

With kids, I'd also look to Wilmette. It's pretty boring without kids, but has less crime and arguably better schools than Evanston. Also expensive real estate. All of the nice suburbs on the lake have expensive real estate. If you're willing to look in Highland Park, I think they have awesome houses - both 100 year old gorgeous homes and cool mid-century properties near ravines. And it's cheaper to live near the lake than in the more southern suburbs.

Before you buy, why not try renting is a suburb and see how it feels?[/quote]

DP, and Wilmette is gorgeous, but it's just as pricey as Evanston and less diverse.  Evanston is one of the more diverse North Shore suburbs, which I see as a real plus.[/quote]PP. I suggested Wilmette as the schools are better and safety is an issue for OP. Evanston in many ways is more like a small city than a suburb. The areas of Evanston with lower crime look a lot like Wilmette in nearly every way. Wilmette is close to the Evanston amenities, and depending on where you live, a quick trip downtown. And west Wilmette is pretty diverse. Wilmette went like 70-80% (don't recall exactly) for Biden. It's definitely one of the more liberal affluent suburbs. Surprisingly, in my Glenview neighborhood, fully 40% of my neighbors voted for Trump in the last election.[/quote]

Which Glenview neighborhood? How do you know?
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Check here: https://www.citybureau.org/newswire/2020/12/22/interactive-2020-illinois-general-election-precinct-maps

I wasn't surprised by how pro-Biden Evanston is. But Wilmette surprised me. I wouldn't have expected it to be generally so much more pro-Biden than Winnetka, Glenview, and Northbrook.

I'm curious about voting as I casually begin my home search. My oldest is thriving in his current school, despite my not be enamored with our neighbors or with the school, generally. He's made friends and qualified for both the language arts and math gifted programs, so I'm hopeful he will be happy and will get a decent education. So I'm only moving out of the district if we find an amazing home. I look at the voting maps as if I move, I'd like to move somewhere where more people appear to share my family's values - and I think that seeing who voted Trump in 2020 is a blunt, but pretty good indicator.[/quote]

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