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[quote=Anonymous]Chicagoan here who moved last year from Lakeview to the northshore.  CPS high school situation with the high stress testing for middle schoolers, bizarre GoCPS system, the SES schools and the tier system, and on and on is the biggest nightmare.  Don't underestimate!  I didn't want to do all that to my kid... Even if your neighborhood K-8 is good (ours was), the class sizes are large, they are underfunded, and the CTU stuff is rough...

I'm a city person too so not skiddish, but even our wonderful Lakeview neighborhood was starting to have problems with safety...car jackings, etc...

My kids are upper elementary.  Here's something to consider since yours are still little...I think the suburb benefits are much greater as your kids get older.  The importance of good schools increases and all the opportunities for ECs.  And your kids will get busy with all their stuff that you won't have as much opportunity to take advantage of all the city stuff anyways.  Having space in your home also becomes much more important as kids get older.  Your kids will start to make friendships through school...maybe that will help you in that regard too.  You'll be done with car seats soon enough. Etc.  I loved having little ones in the city; now I'm glad we are where we are.

But, man oh man, don't get me started on how much I miss the food :)[/quote]

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