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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is grittier than Bethesda.
[b]I would argue it is farther from Chicago than “downtown” Bethesda is to DC.[/b][/quote]
you don't have to "argue" that, because it is a fact. but who cares? downtown Chicago ("the loop") is kinda boring. it's mostly just office buildings and some touristy stuff like millennium park. unless a student has an internship downtown, I don't think college students would have much reason to spend time downtown. the livelier/"young people's" neighborhoods that college students would want to hang out at with cool bars, music venues, restaurants, coffee shops, hangouts, independent bookstores and such are more on the northside- Lincoln park, Lakeview, wrigleyville, etc. [/quote]

[b]NU students don't hang out in those areas[/b]. Those areas are full of older college grads. A lot of undergrads aren't old enough to drink in the many bars in these neighborhoods which make up the night life. Students tend to stick to campus for entertainment. There used to be a lot of antagonism between the university and Evanston. Evanston really resisted being known as a college town. I went there for grad school, but not UG, didn't really seem like a fun place for undergrads though. [/quote]
NP. I went to undergrad at NU and I don't think this is true at all.[/quote]

My DH went to NU as an undergrad and we both went as grad students and later lived in those areas. He never hung out in the neighborhoods outside of Evanston as an UG. He and all his friends stayed on campus for the first few years for the most part. They weren't going to Lincoln Park for coffee and bookstores. YMMV. [/quote]

Recent-ish grad here. I think it's definitely YMMV. There's so much to do on campus and it's always bustling with activity so you can easily feel very fulfilled without leaving much, but there are definitely some students who enjoy the access to Chicago and make it a point to go as much as possible. And of course a lot of students land somewhere in the middle with a nice balance. One of the great things about Northwestern and schools like it is that you get to sort of pick and choose your own experience when it comes to engaging in campus life + the surrounding communities.[/quote]

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