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A major factor. School funding has to be revised somehow so that Chicago and inner-ring suburban schools can get to a more level playing field with suburban schools -- which have much greater freedom in taxation and to build new schools. That would be a great starting point in addressing the issue of sprawl.
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The inner-ring suburbs are second to none with outstanding location, solid housing stock, etc. but until crime is acknowledged and addressed nothing will change. Kids need freedom of movement and that's what they are denied in many of the close-in towns. By the way, Berwyn, Cicero, Maywood, Melrose, Northlake, Lyons, Forest Park and even the kings of the western suburbs, Oak Park, River Forest, and Riverside have LOTS of homeschooling families. Many people just avoid the school mess altogether. I love my home and the friends I have here but sooner or later I will be forced to move,not because I want to, but because personal safety trumps convenience,culture,and a beautiful one-of-a-kind home any day. |
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I moved from the suburbs to the north side about 4 years ago, Belmont and Broadway area, I absolutely hated it. There is no parking, and I love my car (it is not possible to own a nice car and not have it get dinged up and bumped into on a daily basis, I had to leave my vette at my parents house), I hate to have to rely on gross public transportation.
There is no room for personal space, everywhere you go there is other people, the only way to get away from everyone is to your cramped apartment. I personally couldn’t handle it as of six months ago and moved back to the suburbs. I now have my own yard with lots of room, I can park my car outside in my driveway!, I can drive anywhere I want and not worry about people breaking into my car and I can also find parking right away . Everyone saying there are no great local restaurants in the suburbs obviously haven’t spent any time out there, as there are plenty. Some of the best bars around Chicago are in the suburbs as well. Over all if you like your space, and don’t like crime and drunk people messin with your stuff and your car all night, you will enjoy the suburbs. |
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God forbid you might have to rub some elbows with your common man.
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The suburban infrastructure (particularly in places like Schaumburg) did not plan for the number of cars on their roads. I've been in worse jams in the 'burbs than I ever was in the city. There are highways in the city but in the suburbs you are out of luck. That's where you rub bumpers with your fellow suburban dwellers.
All the new concrete has also worsend the runoff of rainwater in the suburbs. That makes for floods, and the concrete increases the temps in the summer and lowers them in the winter. These are just some new developments so people can make informed decisions. |
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I think the bottom line is there is positive points and negative points to both city and burb. To each his own.
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God forbid someone might want a little space for his own mental health. Dude, he moved to the suburbs. You make it sound like he retreated to a mountaintop shack in Nepal. Good God, what is it with you? Why are you so vitriolic toward anybody's preferences but your own? Live and let live, people.
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