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[quote=Anonymous]Move now because once your kids are tweens they will consider it a fate akin to death to move.  Now is your window.
I think you can squeeze into the 2 br for a few years but my goal would be to buy grandparents out, not be moving again (unless you could stay in same neighborhood).  I’d be realistic about where you’ll just need to move back to the suburbs for HS …. I wouldn’t want all that disruption again in 8 years.

I might also consider a move to a hipper closer in suburb.  We live in the DC suburbs and have almost no chains here, very friendly neighborhood, bike trails and walking to at least some things.    isn’t there similar in Chicago?  Evanston or Highland Park too far?

I know it’s though to give up that mortgage but if you’re really miserable it’s not worth it.

One other random thing which you’ll have to ask Chicago people about.  We were happy with our close in suburbs house when the kids were little.  I’ve found that most things for teens are actually in outer suburbs as that’s where the practice space is …. So I spend tons of time driving iinto the outer suburbs which I hate to do.  I don’t know if Chicago has the same dynamic for older kids’ activities.

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