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Old 10-26-2007, 02:35 PM
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Question How is the City of Carpentersville

My husband has been relocated to HE (AT&T) and we have found a townhome in Carpentersville (silverstone lake sub-division)that we are about to sign a lease on. I wanted to know about the city, i have only been there once when we looked at the house, now i'm wondering if i should have found out more about the area. We still have a few days to back out. So if anyone can tell me how that area is please let me know.

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Old 10-26-2007, 02:39 PM
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Carpentersville? I avoid that place like the plague, there are many far better towns to choose from. In recent times the town has grappled with a large illegal immigrant problem, along with rising crime. If he is going to work in HE, Id recommend looking at Schaumburg, Bloomingdale, Villa Park, Hoffman Estates itself, Itasca, etc.

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Old 10-26-2007, 02:41 PM
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My husband has been relocated to HE (AT&T) and we have found a townhome in Carpentersville (silverstone lake sub-division)that we are about to sign a lease on. I wanted to know about the city, i have only been there once when we looked at the house, now i'm wondering if i should have found out more about the area. We still have a few days to back out. So if anyone can tell me how that area is please let me know.
I hate to say it, but you really should have looked around. Unkess there are parts of Carpentersville I don't know about, I wouldn't want to live there. I say don't sign and keep looking.

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Old 10-26-2007, 02:47 PM
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As someone else stated, Carpentersville has a large illegal immigration problem. This article pretty much sums it up:
Immigration proposals divide Illinois village - USATODAY.com

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Old 10-26-2007, 03:33 PM
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Yes,agree with the above. Sorry,but true. Gangs and crime are just some of the issues. I dont think its going to improve. I dont know what your price range is, but you could check out Dundee which is its neighbor.

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Id even steer clear of parts of Dundee too. If youre going to stay in that area, shoot for Crystal Lake, Algonquin, Sleepy Hollow, theyre far better towns.

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Dundee is actually 2 towns: West Dundee and East Dundee. The towns are separated by the Fox River.

East Dundee borders Carpentersville and is less desirable. West Dundee has a great downtown (Tom Hank's "Road to Perdition" was filmed there) with nice parks, shops, restaurants, a microbrewery, a couple of fun bars/theatres for live music. There's also a great bike trail off the Fox River.

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Dundee is actually 2 towns: West Dundee and East Dundee. The towns are separated by the Fox River.

East Dundee borders Carpentersville and is less desirable. West Dundee has a great downtown (Tom Hank's "Road to Perdition" was filmed there) with nice parks, shops, restaurants, a microbrewery, a couple of fun bars/theatres for live music. There's also a great bike trail off the Fox River.
Thanks for clarifying that, I forgot to mention it. West Dundee is eons better, youre correct.

And I believe the Road to Perdition was filmed in Geneva. Or perhaps they filmed in both locations?

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Many of the scenes were filmed in downtown Dundee. Tom Hanks home was in Barrington Hills. I dont know about Geneva shots. There was a big commotion with Newman,Hanks and Jude Law were hanging around. Not as big as my heart stopping views of Keaneu Reeves filming in a home across from the kids school (Countryside). They shot in an empty lakefront house (Chain Reaction was the movie)

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Many of the scenes were filmed in downtown Dundee. Tom Hanks home was in Barrington Hills. I dont know about Geneva shots. There was a big commotion with Newman,Hanks and Jude Law were hanging around. Not as big as my heart stopping views of Keaneu Reeves filming in a home across from the kids school (Countryside). They shot in an empty lakefront house (Chain Reaction was the movie)
Cool.

I know that they filmed alot in Geneva, because they re-did alot of the downtown storefronts to make it look like the 20s and 30s. I never got to see Tom Hanks though, but I saw all the trailers, thats gotta count for something!

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