"I'm going to live in Lombard." <pause> (Chicago: to buy, construction)

[M TYPE X]

Please, there are just as many people in Chicago burbs as in the Detroit burbs that NEVER go downtown. Just like Birmingham or Royal Oak, they would rather walk around Glen Ellyn or Naperville. Of course, if that's all they do, then they are missing what they have nearby.

I have no pride in downtown Detroit, and sadly probably never will. Downtown Cleveland doesn't have much, but it doesn't make me wretch.

The upside is having downtown Chicago. The downside is the insane housing prices.

[lovinglombard]

I live in lombard and have lived here for 16 years. The neighbors have been awesome in both my homes. The schools in district 45 and 88 have made my kids strive to be better and I have been thrilled with the results. People are friendly, not only do they know their neighbors but they care about them.

Have your boss come down in May. Lilacia Park is beautiful with hundreds of varieties of lilac's in bloom. Take in our parade, our tree lined streets and our homes that range from the high 200's to the high 900's. We have old and charming homes and brand new ones too. We have condo's and townhomes.

And we have restaurants, from the Grove and Brix in downtown to RA Shushi and Brio in Yorktown. We have a roller rink and lucky strikes bowling. Come on down and check us out.

[Schnooks]

Originally Posted by lovinglombard

Lilacia Park is beautiful with hundreds of varieties of lilac's in bloom.

Well, unless you're being pelted in the head by cicadas like this past year LOL!

[Keith S]

Lombard is a dump run by a bunch of corrupt officals.

[LakeShoreSoxGo]

Growing up in Glen Ellyn, we always refered to our more diverse neighbor to the east as "Scumbard" instead of Lombard. We were just kids being silly at the time. Lombard seems like Glen Ellyn but a little older and a bit more downscale.

[IbeDavid]

Originally Posted by ham727

Okay, I'm going to be very blunt here. I've been on about half a dozen job interviews in the Chicago area. When I mention to the interviewer that we are looking at living in Lombard, there is always a pause ... and then they say something like, "Lombard's okay" and kinda smile nervously.

After doing our research and visiting the towns in the area, including Lombard, we think that it's a great place---an up-and-coming town. I like that the downtown area is small and moves at a slower pace. Plus, I have a good friend who lives in Lombard and she loves it.

Any thoughts on how people are reacting to my desire to move to Lombard? I guess I'd like to know why people are pausing like that every time I mention Lombard.

It seems that, in the Chicago area, there is lot of emphasis on the city you live in and the status it brings you. Am I right here? My husband and I are not concerned about "status" ---- we just want to live in a town with people who care about people more than they care about the status of living there. We want a nice house, nice furniture, nice cars, high-tech toys, just like everyone else, but we do not define ourselves by those things.

Thoughts anyone?

~Nancy

REPLY: I was raised in Lombard as a kid., back when it was truly a tiny town..in the 1960's. As to your statements : I find the closer you get to the City of Chicago, the more pretencious people become and you are defined by the hood ornament on your car , whether you walk around with a Gucci handbag with $50 bills oozing out , and whether your property taxes are at least $15 k. This is my opinion and experience personally and may or may not represent actuality overall. I now live in Lake County , far northern suburbs, and there is hardly any of that going on up here. People are more down to earth it seems. Im glad to hear that those sorts of things dont define who you are, and, I hope which does define you is knowing the Creator ,Jesus Christ, in a personal relationship first and foremost ... for....when this life is over and all the toys we accumulate have turned to rust, that is the only thing that will have truly counted. Regards .

[Keith S]

Originally Posted by LakeShoreSoxGo

Growing up in Glen Ellyn, we always refered to our more diverse neighbor to the east as "Scumbard" instead of Lombard. We were just kids being silly at the time. Lombard seems like Glen Ellyn but a little older and a bit more downscale.

Glen Ellyn is where the wife of one of Lombrds corrupt officals works, she's your Community Development Director, I've got to assume the same crap is going on over there, maybe it's a higher class of corruption.

[loghome]

Glen Ellyn is the next town west by just a couple minutes. Tell em you live there! They'll smile and nod.

[clamborine]

Originally Posted by Lookout Kid

What line of business are you in? I'm an architect, and in my business you'd be chastised for picking a suburb over the city or an older vintage suburb. Architects aren't supposed to live in urban sprawl!

I dunno... Lombard was settled in the early 1800's. My home was built in 1884, and I'm surrounded by lots more of the same. A home a couple of blocks from here was a stop on the Underground Railroad. How old does a town have to be before it's considered "older, vintage"?

[Lookout Kid]

Originally Posted by clamborine

I dunno... Lombard was settled in the early 1800's. My home was built in 1884, and I'm surrounded by lots more of the same. A home a couple of blocks from here was a stop on the Underground Railroad. How old does a town have to be before it's considered "older, vintage"?

Most of Lombard is a typical post-war suburb. You're in a minority of homeowners there, I'm sure!