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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wilmette on the North shore. About 30-40 minutes on the train to downtown Chicago. Older houses, but many are very updated and beautiful. Close to the lakefront, many amenities. great schools. Still, very cold in the winter. Lovely spring and fall in Chicago, which is a beautiful, large city, much nicer than DC. [/quote]

Wilmette doesn't have much in it. You're going to want to drive to another town over to do your shopping and dining. [/quote]

Wilmette has plenty in it! I used to live there, and I know this for a fact! If you want Ikea and Costco, yes, you have to travel. But regular shopping is available in Wilmette. It's a great suburb (except for that cold weather). [/quote]

Recently? I was there today. Lots of empty storefronts in the downtown area near the Metra station, and lots of the retail is open very limited hours.  Like the coffee shop that is only open Fri-Sun until 1pm. [/quote]

Btw, that's not a dig at Wilmette necessarily, but if OP is really looking for something along the lines of NOVA/MD suburbs like Bethesda, Arlington, Fairfax... I'm surprised that people are mentioning Highland Park and Wilmette. Not really a fair comparison, IMO unless you're really just talking about schools and housing stock. [b]I find the NOVA/MD burbs much more liveable.[/b][/quote]
Funny. I feel the opposite. I like that the suburbs of Chicago are actually their own unique towns/"village" type atmosphere...Dc suburbs don't really have that. [/quote]

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